Runway of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in Delhi

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Planes of Air India and IndiGo landing on the runway of Indira Gandhi International Airport. Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport of the National Capital Region of Delhi, India, situated in Palam. It is situated 15 km south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 km from the New Delhi city centre. Named after Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, it is the busiest airport in India. With the commencement of operations at the new Terminal 3, Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has become India's and South Asia's largest aviation hub, with a current capacity of handling more than 46 million passengers. IGIA along with Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, and Chennai's Chennai International Airport together handles m