Kempegowda International · BLR · India's tech-capital gateway · June 2026

Advertising at the gateway to India's Silicon Valley

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru handled 44.5 million passengers in 2026 across two terminals. Air India and Alliance Air hub here. Delhi is its busiest route. Second runway completed and inaugurated on 6 December 2019. Blindspot books its screens by the hour, priced per play.

Updated July 28, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

37.5M

annual passengers through BLR (2024)

2

terminals: domestic T1 and the new garden T2

40km

to central Bengaluru by coach, metro or road

$0.46

puts your brand airside via Blindspot

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Kempegowda International · Terminal 2 departures hall · JCDecaux AirportBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.46, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and passenger flow, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Departures hall

Best for: Launches · Luxury · Tech

Check-in across Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 funnels every departing passenger past the screens, Air India and Alliance Air banks included.

Visibility9
Dwell time7
Footfall8
02

Security & checkpoint

Best for: Finance · Telco · Auto

Screening for Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 holds a phone-down queue, and Air India and Alliance Air connection times keep it busy through the day.

Visibility7
Dwell time8
Footfall8
03

Concourse & gate holdrooms

Best for: Travel · FMCG · Apps

IndiGo and international passengers wait out boarding dwell across the T1 and garden-themed T2 gates.

Visibility7
Dwell time9
Footfall7
04

Arrivals & baggage reclaim

Best for: Hospitality · Banking · Local

Reclaim belts and the arrivals corridor catch a captive, recently landed audience of tech and business flyers.

Visibility8
Dwell time8
Footfall8
05

Vayu Vajra & metro link

Best for: Commerce · Mobility · Retail

The Vayu Vajra coaches and the new Blue Line metro repeat your brand on the long run into central Bengaluru.

Visibility6
Dwell time6
Footfall6
06

Lounges & duty-free

Best for: Premium · Spirits · Beauty

The Terminal 2 lounges and duty-free runs reach a higher-spend business traveler before the flight.

Visibility5
Dwell time9
Footfall5

The media estate · operator partners

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru's media owners, JCDecaux India, Kempegowda International (BLR) advertising program, Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) media concession among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Departures hall · digital pillar network, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Departures hall · digital pillar networkJCDecaux Airport
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Security checkpoint · suspended LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Security checkpoint · suspended LEDJCDecaux Airport
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Gate concourse · holdroom screens, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gate concourse · holdroom screensJCDecaux Airport
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Arrivals corridor · animation lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Arrivals corridor · animation lightboxJCDecaux Airport
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Vayu Vajra coach · transit LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Vayu Vajra coach · transit LEDJCDecaux Airport
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, Duty-free · premium lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Duty-free · premium lightboxJCDecaux Airport

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru format, one map

From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:

Departures & check-in LED

Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.

Security & checkpoint queues

Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.

Concourses & gate holdrooms

Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.

Arrivals halls & baggage reclaim

High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.

Jet bridges & boarding

Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.

Spectaculars & landmark LED

Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.

Location insights

Where Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru moves

Bengaluru is the gateway to India's Silicon Valley, a fast-rising IndiGo hub carrying a tech-heavy business audience alongside a growing leisure flow. The domestic Terminal 1 and the garden-themed Terminal 2 split the traffic, with T2 taking the international and premium banks. Mornings push the dense domestic departures, midday holds connecting dwell at the gates, evenings fill arrivals and the Vayu Vajra coach stands on the 40 kilometre run into the city. Two terminals, one rising metro line, one premium audience. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Departures
Security
Gates
Arrivals
Transit
Retail
Departures hall
T1 domestic check-in
Security lanes
T1 gate holdrooms
T2 international gates
T2 garden concourse
Arrivals corridor
Baggage reclaim
Vayu Vajra stands
Duty-free hall
QuietPeak flow
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru Per-play price pins across prime Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Vidhana Soudha ◊ T2 hall 60+ $0.64$0.56$0.50$0.48$0.46 $0.76 SecurityGatesArrivalsTransitRetailDepartures
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Departures peak in the morning

Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.

Layover dwell, all day

Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.

Arrivals land in waves

Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launch / premiumDepartures + TransitAll day · long-haul banks
Business travelersDepartures, GatesWeekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM
Long-dwell layoversGates, Arrivals10 AM–8 PM
International arrivalsArrivals, RetailAligned to long-haul landing banks
Duty-free & retailDepartures, GatesDepartures peaks
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: airlines and airport retail, since IndiGo runs Kempegowda International Airport as its second-largest hub in India after Delhi and accounts for more than half of the airport's capacity across 67 domestic and 13 international destinations, and air cargo and logistics, since the airport handled over 500,000 metric tonnes of freight in FY 2024-25 with international cargo up 21% (see DOOH for B2B).

Book Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Bengaluru Kempegowda (BLR) handled about 37.5 million passengers in the 2024 financial year, India's third busiest airport.
  • BLR is a fast-rising hub for IndiGo, carrying a tech-heavy business audience from India's Silicon Valley.
  • The airport runs two terminals: the domestic Terminal 1 and the garden-themed Terminal 2, opened in 2022 for international and premium flow.
  • JCDecaux India holds the exclusive 12-year advertising concession covering all screens inside and outside both terminals.
  • The BMTC Vayu Vajra coaches run around the clock on 18 routes, with a new Blue Line metro rising toward central Bengaluru.
  • On Blindspot, BLR screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.46, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Departures hall pillars & LEDfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys hourly departures-hall slotsevery departing passenger through the T1 and T2 concourses
Gate concourse & holdroom screensfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys hourly holdroom slotsseated, long-dwell business traveler attention before boarding
Vayu Vajra & metro transitfrom ~$0.44 per play$100 buys repeat exposure on the city linkcommuters and arrivals riding into central Bengaluru
Arrivals & baggage reclaimfrom ~$0.44 per play$100 buys belt-side reclaim timea captive, recently landed audience of tech and business flyers
Departures-hall spectacularcustomflagship Terminal 2 takeoverdominant share of voice over the whole departures core

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on departures-hall spectacular than on departures hall pillars & LED), the zone (Departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Concourse test

$500–$1,500

One terminal's gate holdrooms across a morning domestic departure bank

Multi-zone airport push

$8,000–$26,000

Departures hall, security lanes, the T1 and T2 gate holdrooms and the arrivals corridor together

BLR flagship takeover

$48,000+

Dominant share of voice across the departures core and the garden Terminal 2

FAQ

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR)?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, JCDecaux India among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

Why advertise at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru?

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru handled 44.5 million passengers in 2026. The audience is the reason to buy it: air passengers are captive, comparatively affluent, and hard to reach through most channels, and they spend meaningful time in the terminal with attention to spare between check-in and boarding. Dwell is the asset. Unlike a roadside screen read in two seconds, a gate or arrivals placement gets minutes rather than moments, which is why airport placements hold up for brand and considered-purchase messages rather than short reminders. In FY2025-26 the airport recorded 44,470,035 total passengers, of which 7,227,399 were international passengers. Air India and Alliance Air both hub here, which concentrates connecting traffic through the same core. Because the screens are bookable by the hour, you can match spend to the flight banks that carry your audience instead of paying for a flat month.

What are the best placements at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru?

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru zones are scored separately for visibility, dwell time and footfall, because the best placement depends on which of those you actually need. Departures hall guarantees exposure to essentially every departing passenger. Security & checkpoint holds attention through a queue, where dwell is involuntary and long. Concourse & gate holdrooms gives the longest relaxed attention, with passengers seated and waiting. Each zone shows its own per-play price and live availability, so you can pair a high-reach zone with a high-dwell one rather than guessing at a single best spot. Arrivals & baggage reclaim catches a recently landed audience with phones back out. Lounges & duty-free reaches a higher-spend traveler before the flight.

Can I book Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru screens by the hour?

Yes. On Blindspot every Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.

Who operates advertising at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru?

The airport's media is run primarily by JCDecaux India; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital screens onto one map, priced per play.

How fast can my ad go live at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru for $500?

More than the usual airport rate card suggests, because you are buying plays rather than a fixed package. In Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru a $500 budget typically funds a multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell zone such as Concourse & gate holdrooms, or a concentrated burst on Departures hall and Security & checkpoint through the busiest departure banks only. At entry plays around $0.46, the arithmetic is visible before you commit. It will not buy a month of an arrivals-hall spectacular, and that is the trade: hourly, per-play buying lets a small budget own the specific windows when the passengers you want are actually in the terminal, instead of thinning the same money across empty overnight hours.

How to book

Live on a Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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