The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI) of Guwahati has been ranked in the tenth position among the busiest airports in India in the financial year 2022 in terms of domestic passengers.

The news was shared by Assam Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal on Saturday.

The Housing and Urban Affairs’ Minister took to his Twitter and wrote, “Guwahati’s LGBI Airport ranked among the Top 10 airports of India! Realising the visionary “Act East” policy of Hon’PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, the stellar efforts of Hon’ Union Minister Shri @JM_Scindia & HCM Dr.@himantabiswa, have exponentially boosted air connectivity across NE.

According to the data shared by the minister, LGBI airport hosted 3.15 million passengers in the 2022 financial year.

Out of the ten airports, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) has been ranked one with 32.82 million domestic passengers followed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Mumbai) with 18.56 million, Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) with 15.19 million, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) with 11 million, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata) with 10.69 million, Chennai International Airport with 7.86 million, Goa International Airport with 5.13 million, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad) with 5.05 million, Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport (Srinagar) with 3.15 million and lastly, the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (Guwahati) with 3.15 million ranked at the tenth position.

According to a report ny news agency ANI,  the LGBI Airport, Guwahati in February 2023 had recorded a footfall of nearly 4 lakh passengers witnessing a sharp increase as compared to last year’s February.

Out of the total, nearly 1,90,000 were departure passengers and the remaining were arrival travellers which is 20 percent higher than February 2022, the report stated.

It further said, the top three national destinations were Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru from Guwahati while the two international destinations were Singapore and Paro.

“The LGBI airport had witnessed nearly 1,800 movements of flights in February 2023, which was 24 % higher than last year’s February figure,” it added.

(With inputs from ANI)