Flight Report

This page captures ADS-B radar data for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM/VABB) on February 3, 2026, the 12th anniversary of the airport's second runway becoming operational. Over the course of the day, 742 total flights were recorded, comprising 476 arrivals, 262 departures, and 4 touch-and-goes, operated by 283 unique aircraft. Traffic ran across all 24 hours, with the first and last flights logged at 00:00 and 23:59 IST respectively. The peak hour was 11:00 IST with 40 movements, and the average across the day held at 30.9 flights per hour. Arrivals outnumbered departures in most hours, most sharply around midnight when hour 0 logged 33 arrivals against just 1 departure. Daman Airport (NMB) was the busiest paired airport at 83 total movements, followed by Kempegowda International in Bengaluru at 56 and Aurangabad at 38. Navi Mumbai International Airport produced the shortest recorded flight, an arrival covering 17.1 nautical miles in 10 minutes with a maximum altitude of 4,150 feet. The longest flight was an arrival spanning 2,728.7 nautical miles over 320.4 minutes, operated by G-YMMT, a UK-registered aircraft. The highest-altitude flight reached 46,475 feet, flown by M-ARDI, also UK-registered. Approach traffic came predominantly from the NNE (106 counts) and ENE (87 counts), while departures favored N (56) and ENE (44). The altitude distribution across 274,470 ADS-B position points shows heavy concentration in the 1,000 to 2,000 foot band (37,351 points), consistent with approach and departure activity close to the airport. Cruise traffic clusters around 37,000 to 38,000 feet (7,770 points) and 39,000 to 40,000 feet (6,413 points). Average groundspeed across all flights was 290 knots, with a maximum of 611.7 knots recorded. Indian-registered aircraft made up the large majority of the fleet at 204 of 283 unique aircraft, with UAE, UK, Thai, and other international registrations rounding out the mix across 27 countries.