Aurangabad Airport — Aurangabad, India

IXU is Aurangabad Airport, also called Chikkalthana Airport, serving the historic city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, India. The airport is the primary air gateway for tourists visiting the UNESCO World Heritage cave complexes of Ajanta and Ellora, among India's most significant rock-cut monuments, making tourism a major driver of its traffic. IXU offers domestic flights to Mumbai, Delhi, and other major cities, catering to both heritage tourists and business travelers connected to the region's industrial estates. Passenger volumes at IXU tend to spike during peak tourist seasons when international and domestic visitors flock to see the ancient Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain cave temples nearby.