Hyderabad Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VOHS |
| IATA code | HYD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 617 m (2024 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 20 km southwest of Hyderabad in the suburb of Shamshabad |
| Street | Expressway |
| Basic data | |
| opening | March 23, 2008 |
| operator | GMR |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 20,907,570 (2018) |
| Air freight | 144,126 t (2018) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
12 million |
| Runways | |
| 09/27 | 4263 m × 60 m asphalt |
| 09 / 27R | 3707 m of asphalt |
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (IGI) ( IATA code : HYD; ICAO code : VOHS) is an international airport southwest of the Indian city of Hyderabad .
The airport, which opened on March 23, 2008, has a terminal and a runway. It replaced the old Hyderabad-Begumpet airport , which is centrally located in the district of the same name and is named after the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi .
In May 2011 Lufthansa Cargo opened a hub for temperature-sensitive freight at Hyderabad Airport. It is to be expanded to become the most important hub for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments in South Asia. The drugs were to be transported to the USA via Frankfurt am Main.
Airlines
The airport is served by the Indian airlines Air India , GoAir India , IndiGo Airlines , and SpiceJet , international carriers are Air Arabia , British Airways , Emirates , KLM , Kuwait Airways , Malaysia Airlines , Oman Air , Qatar Airways , Saudi Arabian Airlines , Singapore Airlines , SriLankan , THAI , and Gulf Air .
