New Delhi Area - City Introduction for Visitors

Airport Code

DEL

Airport Name

New Delhi Airport - Indira Gandhi International Airport - IGI Airport ((IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP)

Airport to City

The distance between the International Airport terminal to City Center is approximately 16Km.

Airport Express, Prepaid taxi cabs, Chauffeured Rental Cars, and pre-arrange hotel cars provide Airport pickup as paid service.

Location Information

New Delhi is the capital of India and comes under the Delhi metropolitan area, also called as National Capital Territory of Delhi.

The Delhi metropolitan and surrounding urban suburbs are called as National Capital Region (NCR).

Delhi metropolitan is located in Northern India and is a landlocked city.

Other than New Delhi & Old Delhi, the NCR includes the neighboring urban cities of Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Neharpar (Greater Faridabad), Greater Noida, Bahadurgarh, Sonepat, Panipat, Karnal, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Rewari, Baghpat, Meerut, Alwar, Bharatpur, and other nearby towns.

Population

21 million people in the Delhi Metropolitan area

Languages

Hindi, English, and Panjabi are widely spoken.