Kempegowda International Airport

Kempegowda International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport
	Satellite image of the airport
	IATA: BLR; ICAO: VOBL;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) Fairfax India Holdings (54%); Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (20%); Airports Authority of India (13%); Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. (13%);
Serves	Bengaluru
Location	Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India
Opened	24 May 2008
Hub for	Air India; Alliance Air; DHL Aviation; FedEx Express; Star Air;
Operating base for	Air India Express; Akasa Air; IndiGo;
Elevation AMSL	915 m / 3,002 ft
Coordinates	13°11′56″N 077°42′20″E / 13.19889°N 77.70556°E
Website	www.bengaluruairport.com
Map
	BLR Location of airport in Karnataka BLR BLR (India)
Runways
Statistics (April 2024 - March 2025)
Passengers
Passengers	41,875,620 ( 11.6%)
International passengers	5,834,155 ( 25%)
Aircraft movements	264,553 ( 7.5%)
Cargo tonnage	502,509 ( 14.3%)
	Source: AAI

Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), it is located about 35 km (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to the increasingly congested HAL Airport, the original commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bengaluru. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.

The airport is the third-busiest in India, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai. It is the 26th busiest airport in Asia and the 54th busiest airport in the world as of 2024. In FY2024-25, the airport handled over 41.87 million passengers and 502,509 tonnes (553,921 short tons) of cargo. The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five.

The airport has two passenger terminals that handle both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019. The second terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 November 2022. There is also a cargo village with three cargo terminals.

The airport is as a hub for Air India, Alliance Air, DHL Aviation, FedEx Express, and Star Air, as well as an operating base for Air India Express, Akasa Air, and IndiGo.