Kempegowda International Airport: is set to handle up to 80 million passengers annually by 2030. Currently, the airport’s two terminals have a combined capacity of 51.5 million passengers per annum (mppa), while actual traffic in FY26 stood at around 44.5 million passengers.
In a written statement to the Lok Sabha on April 2, 2026, Murlidhar Mohol, Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, said: “The airport operator plans to increase terminal capacity to 80 mppa by 2030, along with phased expansion of taxiway and apron infrastructure between 2027 and 2030. KIAB (Kempegowda International
Airport, ) already has a 2 parallel independent runway system.”
The Union Minister further said that, in terms of cargo, the airport has an existing handling capacity of over 1 million metric tonnes (mmt), while the current cargo throughput stands at approximately 0.53 mmt.
The terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11, 2022. It was built at a cost of around Rs 5,000 crore. It has been designed as a tribute to the Garden city of Bengaluru.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the architecture of Terminal 2 has been influenced by four guiding principles: Terminal in a garden, sustainability, technology and art & culture.
It is the premiere Greenfield Airport in South India. The airport was commissioned and became operational on May 24, 2008. However, on July 17, 2013, it was re-designated as Kempegowda International Airport.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council passed an unanimous resolution on December 10, 2012 to rename Bengaluru International Airport as “Kempegowda International Airport.”
