Indira Gandhi International Airport

Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, located in the city of New Delhi, India is one of India's main domestic and international gateways. The airport's IATA Airport Code is DEL and its ICAO Airport Code is VIDP. The airport has been named after former prime minister Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. Earlier known as Palam airport, it was renamed IGI airport with the inauguration of a new international building (Terminal 2) on 2 May, 1986. The older Palam airport (Terminal 1) is exclusively used for domestic operations. Delhi has two runways: the main runway 10-28 (12,500 ft) and an auxiliary runway 09-27 (9,229 ft). Runway 10-28 is the only one in South Asia equipped with CAT III-A landing system (installed at the 28 end).

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