Prepaid / fleet airport taxi · South Mumbai is often 40–75 minutes in typical traffic
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
PNQ7.4+1.4
BOM6.0
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
PNQ7.0+0.3
BOM6.7
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
PNQ6.1
BOM6.9+0.8
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
PNQ6.2
BOM7.6+1.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
PNQ5.8
BOM5.9+0.1
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
PNQ6.8
BOM6.8
Best for
PNQ
Domestic business and leisure banks across Maharashtra with DigiYatra enrolledPriority Pass / LoungeKey / DragonPass holders on domestic departures (two 24h Elysian rooms)Evening/overnight international departures that clear immigration before Elysian opensTravelers who want prepaid taxi / Ola-Uber rather than a metro-at-terminal story
BOM
International long-hauls via T2Lounge-equipped card travellers who open the appDaytime city hops on Metro Line 3Late arrivals using Aviserv landside
Watch out for
PNQ
Civil ops share Lohegaon Air Force Station — military priority can reshape schedulesNo metro in the terminal; Ramwadi is a road feederInternational Elysian is evening/overnight only — daytime intl may find it closed, and PP/DragonPass clocks differSingle 2,540 m runway + monsoon cells amplify delay risk versus dual-runway metros
BOM
Wrong terminal — and BOM vs Navi Mumbai (NMI)PP lounge overcrowding at meal peaksMonsoon / WEH traffic destroying road ETAsLast metro at 22:30 from Cuffe Parade
For weekday early departures, be through landside entry and security before 06:00 — contract lounges fill before the security queue peaks.
Screenshot T1 vs T2 tonight
Never assume IndiGo means T1. Read tonight's boarding pass, and check whether the ticket says BOM or NMI.
Eat on a lounge swipe, or landside Mani's
If Priority Pass or a card programme already paid for the buffet, eat there. Otherwise use landside Mani's at T2 rather than guessing airside bottle prices.
PNQ · AAI civil enclave at Lohegaon IAF airfield with a much-improved New Integrated Terminal (all passenger banks since March 2025) and three live Priority Pass / LoungeKey / DragonPass Elysian rooms — still held back by a 2,540 m single runway, IAF ATC, no on-airport rail, and an international lounge that is evening/overnight only.
BOM · T2 is a real international terminal with dense dining and card lounges, and Metro Line 3 finally beats the WEH — but the T1/T2 split, a late-2026 T1/NMI shuffle, and chronically full PP rooms keep BOM in plan-hard territory.
