Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) is Mumbai's primary airport and India's second-busiest by passenger traffic (~52 million/year). Operated by Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) — originally GVK Group, transferred to Adani Group in 2021 — under a 30-year concession from the Airports Authority of India.

The airport's signature feature is Terminal 2 (T2), opened in February 2014 as the unified international + premium-domestic terminal. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM, the architects of the Burj Khalifa), T2 features an iconic curved peacock-feather-pattern roof — one of the world's most awarded airport architectures, winning the LEED Gold certification + multiple international design awards. L&T-Skanska JV executed the construction at ₹12,500 crore.

T2 has 4.4 million sq ft of floor area, 72 immigration counters, 100 check-in counters, and 32 air-bridges. The airport operates two intersecting runways (09/27 + 14/32) — the world's busiest cross-runway operation, with 950+ daily aircraft movements. The cross-runway constraint significantly limits the airport's growth potential, which is why Navi Mumbai International (under construction, opening 2025) is being built to absorb future Mumbai traffic.

T1 (formerly known as Santacruz/domestic terminal) handles low-cost domestic carriers. The airport completed major capacity-augmentation works in 2024 — including a new airside taxiway and stand-alone cargo terminal.