Delhi airport handles 1,044 flights

Delhi airport recently handled 1,044 flights, the highest till date, as airlines added new frequencies.This is also the highest number of flights handled daily by any airport in India.On an average Delhi airport handles about 950 flights daily with about 74 hourly movements. Mumbai airport which is the second busiest in the country handles about 820 flights daily with an average 40 movements each hour. Delhi handled 41 million passengers last year. Sixty seven percent of the passenger traffic was domestic (27.5 million) and the rest was international traffic.Delhi Airport has three runways and all three of them are in operation simultaneously.