AviatDataKempegowda International Airport BLR / VOBL
Bengaluru, Karnataka · India · Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) — public-private partnership; Fairfax India Holdings (via subsidiaries) ~74% (30.4% direct + 43.6% via Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings), Airports Authority of India 13%, Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) 13%
44.5Mpax · 2026
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAVOBL / BLR
OperatorBangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) — public-private partnership; Fairfax India Holdings (via subsidiaries) ~74% (30.4% direct + 43.6% via Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings), Airports Authority of India 13%, Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) 13%
Coordinates13.1989°N, 77.7056°E
Elevation3,002 ft · 915 m
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30, no DST)
Passengers / yr44,470,035 (2026)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceVOBL — India AIP (AAI eAIP), AD 2.VOBL
Operating hoursH24, no scheduled curfew. Fog season (15 Nov-15 Feb) can bring low-visibility restrictions roughly 0300-0830 IST. South Runway (09R/27L) is ILS CAT II/IIIA/IIIB-equipped (since Dec 2020) for low-visibility/fog operations; North Runway (09L/27R) remains CAT I only and is more fog-affected.
TerminalsTwo terminals: T1 (original terminal, opened 2008, domestic-only since Sept 2023) and T2 ("Terminal in a Garden", designed by SOM, opened Jan 2023, handles all international flights plus select domestic carriers — Air India, Air India Express, Star Air). T2 Phase 1 capacity is 25M pax/yr. T1 is mid-expansion under an HOK-designed refurbishment (started Aug 2024, targeting completion around end of 2026) that will raise its capacity toward 35M pax/yr, bringing combined T1+T2 capacity to roughly 60M pax/yr; a further T2 Phase 2 expansion (targeted 2028-29) is planned to push combined capacity to an estimated 80-85M pax/yr.
Runways (2)
- 09L/27R · 4,000 m / 13,123 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I
- 09R/27L · 4,000 m / 13,123 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT IIIB
Airport contact
India's third-busiest airport by total traffic (after Delhi and Mumbai), handling 44.47M passengers in FY2025-26 (+6.2% YoY) and crossing 400M cumulative passengers in April 2026; operating base for Air India Express, Akasa Air and IndiGo, and a hub for Air India, Alliance Air, Star Air, and cargo carriers DHL Aviation and FedEx Express, with IndiGo the largest carrier by capacity share. The CAT IIIB-capable South Runway gives BLR strong fog-season reliability versus the older CAT I North Runway.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Menzies Aviation
Full suite of passenger, ramp and baggage ground handling across Terminals 1 and 2 under a new 15-year BIAL licence, effective 1 April 2026 pending final regulatory approvals, enabling integrated ground and cargo services for airline customers (~1,700 staff already engaged, ~1,000 more to be hired over 3 years). Confirmed via Menzies' own press materials and independent aviation press (Travel And Tour World, 4 Feb 2026).
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AISATS (Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd)
AISATS' own services page states it provides end-to-end ground handling at Kempegowda International Airport; also named among the existing handlers BIAL shifted operations to after Celebi's May 2025 security-clearance revocation.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
IndianOil Skytanking Pvt Ltd (IOSL)
Into-plane fuelling and fuel farm/hydrant system operator at BLR under a 20-year BOOT concession awarded by BIAL in 2006, fuel farm (11 acres) operational since 2008 with the connecting pipeline commissioned Oct 2008; IOSL is a joint venture of Indian Oil, Indian Oiltanking and Skytanking. Confirmed via IOSL's own location/contact page and Wikipedia/BIAL sourcing.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Available
IndiGo (self-handled)
In-house, self-handled: IndiGo's Bengaluru MRO hangar became operational November 2022 — 20,300 sqm with capacity for narrow-body aircraft plus a single bay for widebody catering (per Wikipedia; corrects an earlier-reported 13,000 sqm figure, which was inconsistent with the facility's ~5-acre footprint). A second, larger hangar of roughly 130,000 sqm (~32 acres) for widebody servicing was under construction as of May 2025 (Aviation Week) but is not yet operational.
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
TajSATS Air Catering Ltd
Operates the flight-kitchen presence at Kempegowda International Airport: parent SATS opened its first Indian central kitchen at the airport on 16 March 2024, a 14,000 sqm facility built for INR 210 crore (~US$22M); TajSATS is named as SATS's long-standing aviation-catering associate at BLR (Wikipedia/BIAL sourcing), consistent with company/directory listings (IndiaMART, JustDial) placing a TajSATS kitchen in Devanahalli, the airport's home taluk. TajSATS is a joint venture of IHCL and SATS Ltd.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
AISATS (Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd)
Cabin dressing/aircraft interior cleaning and 'Aerowash' automated exterior aircraft cleaning are listed among AISATS' apron/value-added services network-wide; not independently confirmed as active specifically at the BLR station.
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Ground support equipment
Available
Menzies Aviation
Committed a US$9.2 million investment to modernise and standardise its ground support equipment fleet at BLR as part of the new 15-year licence. Confirmed via Menzies' own press release and independent press coverage (Travel And Tour World, 4 Feb 2026).
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Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Menzies Aviation
Operates one of Kempegowda's three Cargo Village terminals via Menzies Aviation Bobba (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd, a JV with Bobba Group — a 16,000 sqm facility running since May 2008 (~18 years, consistent with the '15+ years' claim); cargo operations continue alongside the new integrated ground-handling licence. Corroborated by Wikipedia/BIAL sourcing in addition to Menzies' own materials.
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AISATS (Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd)
Operates one of the airport's three Cargo Village terminals, including pharmaceutical cold-storage facilities (per Wikipedia/BIAL sourcing), plus the separate AISATS BLR Logistics Park (~INR 200 crore investment), one of the largest on-airport logistics hubs in South India and India's first on-airport perishable cargo handling centre.
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Aviation security
Available
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Designated aviation security agency at Kempegowda International Airport since it opened in 2008, consistent with CISF's standard role covering ~70 Indian airports (per CISF's own site); handles passenger/baggage screening and terminal/perimeter access control. A specific deployment figure (~770 personnel) and a 2025 BCAS mandate expansion to cargo/in-line hold-baggage screening (ILHBSS) are as reported in Indian press; not.
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Passenger & crew transport
On request
VVIP Flight Pvt Ltd
Coordinates ground transportation and limousine services plus crew visa/e-business-visa assistance for VIP and private-aviation clients at BLR, per company's own airport-detail page.
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Flight support
Available
VVIP Flight Pvt Ltd
Trip-support/handling coordination at Kempegowda International Airport: landing and overflight permits, slot and parking approvals, customs/immigration coordination, flight dispatch and weather briefing; company's own site states it has no physical FBO facility at this airport and instead coordinates via authorised airport partners. · 24/7
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Hotel & travel
Available
080 Transit Hotel (Travel Food Services)
On-airport transit hotel confirmed via Bengaluru Airport's own official traveller-amenities page, which lists the '080 Transit Hotel' inside the terminal with hourly-stay bookings. Operator attribution to Travel Food Services (TFS) — which runs the airport's '080 Lounges' under the same local-dial-code branding — is plausible given the shared branding but not independently confirmed for the hotel specifically. No specific airline/crew accommodation contract confirmed.
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