Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is considered the seventh busiest airport in India. It is named after the statesman and former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. On an average 100 aircraft movements are operated daily. To reach the metropolitan areas like Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, one can avail the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Six international carriers and various domestic carriers touchdown the airport. It houses international as well as domestic terminals. Both the terminals use the same airside. Presently the airport has 7 parking bays and 30 others are under way.

Presently, the airport is undergoing massive renovation work on both the domestic and the international terminals. It has opened a new domestic departure terminal. Air India AI (Mumbai, Delhi); SpiceJet (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Goa, Jaipur); Air Deccan (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Raipur, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Jodhpur); Kingfisher Airlines (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Kandla, Surat, Jaipur, Nagpur, Indore, Coimbatore); Jet Airways (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata); JetLite (Delhi, Goa, Bangalore, Jaipur); Air India IC (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Vadodara); Go Air (Mumbai, Delhi); IndiGo Airlines (Kolkata) are the domestic airlines destined for the airport. SpiceJet, Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines consider the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport as their secondary hub.

Air India AI (London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle); Air India IC (Muscat, Sharjah, Kuwait); Jet Airways (London-Heathrow); Kuwait Airways (Kuwait); Air Arabia (Sharjah); Emirates Airline (Dubai); Qatar Airways (Doha); Singapore Airlines (Singapore) are the international airlines served by the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Taj-Sats and Cama flying Chefs are the fixed caterers of this airport. Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil Corporation are the fuelers. The airport is well connected to the country. Flights operates between Ahmedabad and other metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa and Jaipur.