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Old 15th May 2017, 21:54
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Originally Posted by Crazy Voyager
Not sure where they got those numbers from but they're off.

Obviously these are record numbers, and then there are averages which will be lower, but not that much lower.
The article makes a point of differentiating between average and peak movement rates, although it slightly under-reports Gatwick's stats, which were 767 fixed-wing movements per day in 2016 rather than 757.

Here's what appears to be the original Times of India article that the Gulf News one is based on:

Now, Mumbai world's busiest airport with only one runway

Despite the somewhat confusing infographic, which appears to suggest that there are twice as many arrivals as departures(!):



there doesn't seem any reason to doubt BOM's 837 movements per day average.

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