What airport is DEL?
Why the code is DEL
The first three letters of Delhi.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- DEL
- ICAO code
- VIDP
- Airport
- Indira Gandhi International Airport
- City
- Delhi, India
- Code origin
- Documented
Terminal 3's immigration hall is lined with nine large brass mudras — hand gestures from Indian classical dance — which is one of the few pieces of airport art that most passengers actually stop for. Delhi is India's busiest airport and its main international gateway.
The other code, VIDP
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, DEL, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, VIDP, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why VIDP looks nothing like DEL.
Common questions
- What airport is DEL?
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, in Delhi, India.
- Why is Delhi's airport called DEL?
- The first three letters of Delhi.
- What is the difference between DEL and VIDP?
- DEL is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. VIDP is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
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Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)