Airports Authority of India

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Airports Authority of India

Airports Authority of India
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Company type	Statutory body[1]
Industry	Airport Construction and Maintenance
Predecessor	Civil Aviation Department, Government of India
Founded	1 April 1995; 29 years ago (1 April 1995)
Headquarters	Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi-110003, New Delhi India
Area served	India
Key people	Sanjeev Kumar (Chairman) Vikram Dev Dutt, DGCA (Ex-Officio)[2]
Products	Airport management and Air Navigation Services (ANS)
Owner	Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India
Number of employees	17,346 (As on 31.03.2020)
Divisions	Indian Airports
Website	www.aai.aero/en

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) services over the Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. AAI currently manages a total of 137^[3] airports, including 34^[3] international airports, 10 Customs Airports, 81 domestic airports, and 23 Civil enclaves at Defence airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure the safety of aircraft operations. AAI covers all major air routes over the Indian landmass via 29 Radar installations at 11 locations along with 700 VOR/DVOR installations co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 52 runways are provided with Instrument landing system (ILS) installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these airports and an Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports.