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An airport includes an area used or intended for airport buildings and facilities (landing or takeoff) of aircrafts, seaplanes, heliports etc. Airport basically consists of landing area which comprises of an accessibly open space and an operationally active surface such as runway for planes to takeoff. It also includes adjacent utility buildings i.e. control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centers, passenger facilities such as restaurants, lounges and emergency services. An airport solely serving helicopters is called a heliport and for seaplanes is called a seaplane base. Airports can be classified into three categories namely civil airports (open to general public), defense airport (exclusively for defense purpose), and private airport (for private and restricted use only, not open to general public). In order to protect and maintain such facilities, security is provided at overall airport facilities including the passengers, staff etc. In this paper discussion is made regarding security of all airports in India, major incidents occurred over period of time, and how a single organization was handed over the onus of security system of overall airports in India.