The 32 airports that were shut down due to the rising hostilities between India and Pakistan will all reopen. Regarding the same, a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has been issued and is currently being implemented. All 25 air routes have also been resumed.
A number of NOTAMs were previously issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and other aviation authorities, temporarily halting civil flight operations at 32 airports around India’s border region. For operational reasons, the flights were suspended from May 9 till May 15, 2025, at 05:29.
The major airports affected were Chandigarh, Srinagar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Bhuntar, Kishangarh, Patiala, Shimla, Dharamsala, and Bathinda. Also briefly shuttered were airports in strategically significant areas, including Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Leh, Bikaner, Pathankot, Jammu, Jamnagar, and Bhuj.
List of Airports to be Re-opened:
1. Adhampur
2. Ambala
3. Amritsar
4. Awantipur
5. Bathinda
6. Bhuj
7. Bikaner
8. Chandigarh
9. Halwara
10. Hindon
11. Jaisalmer
12. Jammu
13. Jamnagar
14. Jodhpur
15. Kandla
16. Kangra (Gaggal)
17. Keshod
18. Kishangarh
19. Kullu Manali (Bhuntar)
20. Leh
21. Ludhiana
22. Mundra
23. Naliya
24. Pathankot
25. Patiala
26. Porbandar
27. Rajkot (Hirasar)
28. Sarsawa
29. Shimla
30. Srinagar
31. Thoise
32. Uttarlai
Operation Sindoor:
Following Operation Sindoor, discussions between the two nations’ Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOS) led to the temporary closure of airports. After India began Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting missiles at nine terror locations in Pakistan and PoK in retaliation for the 26-person Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, tensions between India and Pakistan increased.
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Pakistan used drones and artillery guns to carry out several provocative escalations following Operation Sindoor. Following that, there was a lot of shelling and cross-firing between India and Pakistan along the border. “India and Pakistan have worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action today (Saturday),” said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 10. Additionally, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) phoned India and decided to halt all military operations in the area, according to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.