New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on 1 December clarified concerns surrounding recent GPS spoofing incidents reported near major airports, including New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), stating that established procedures ensured safe operations.
“Some flights reported GPS spoofing in the vicinity of IGIA, New Delhi, while using GPS-based landing procedures, while approaching on RWY10,” the minister told the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
He noted that the impact was not limited to Delhi, with reports also emerging from airports in Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai. These airports collectively manage a significant portion of the country’s air traffic, with IGIA alone handling over 1,500 aircraft movements daily.
Addressing safety protocols, the minister said: “The contingency procedures were used for GPS spoofed flights approaching to RWY 10. There were no effects on the movements of flights, on other runway ends having conventional navigational aids being operational.”
“Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued advisory circular ANSS AC 01 of 2023 dated 24.11.2023 for addressing GNSS Interference in Airspace. In addition, DGCA has also issued Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) dated 10th November 2025 for Real-Time Reporting of GPS Spoofing/GNSS Interference Events around IGI Airport. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has also requested Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) to possibly identify the source of interference/ spoofing,” he further added.
