The
Airports Authority of India (
AAI) (;
Bhãratiya Vimãnpatan Prãdhikarañ) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides
Air traffic management (ATM) services over Indian
airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. It also manages a total of 132 Airports, including 24 International Airports, 7
Customs Airports, 78 Domestic Airports and 26
Civil enclaves at Military Airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of aircraft operations. AAI covers all major air-routes over Indian landmass via 29
Radar installations at 11 locations along with 89
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 Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports.