Rajiv Gandhi International Airport guide

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport serves Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, from Shamshabad, about 24 km south of the city centre. The PV Narasimha Rao Expressway connects the two in 30 to 40 minutes. The airport opened on 23 March 2008, replacing the congested Begumpet Airport as the city's main gateway. Spanning roughly 2,200 hectares, it is the largest airport in India by land area.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited operates the airport under a public-private partnership: GMR Group holds 74%, with the Airports Authority of India and the Government of Telangana each holding 13%. In the year to March 2025 the airport handled 29.05 million passengers and around 207,900 aircraft movements, making it India's fourth-busiest by passenger traffic.

The single integrated terminal separates operations by side rather than by building, with international flights processed on the western side and domestic flights on the eastern side. A dedicated cargo terminal includes a temperature-controlled Pharma Zone for pharmaceutical exports. The airport was the first in India to introduce e-boarding for domestic passengers in 2015 and for international passengers in 2020.