Back Chennai Internasionale Lughawe Afrikaans مطار تشيناي الدولي Arabic Aeropuertu Internacional de Chennai AST চেন্নাই আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর Bengali/Bangla Chennai International Airport CEB Mezinárodní letiště Čennaí Czech Flughafen Chennai German Aeropuerto Internacional de Chennai Spanish Chennai rahvusvaheline lennujaam Estonian فرودگاه بینالمللی چنای Persian
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Chennai metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Tirusulam, Chennai | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Blue Dart Aviation[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | Air India | ||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | IndiGo[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 m / 52 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, in the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area around 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the city centre. The first air service was operated in 1915 and the airport was commissioned in 1930. The airport serves as the southern regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for South India comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and the union territories of Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.
The airport is the fifth-busiest airport in India by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, and fourth busiest by cargo handled in India and international traffic.[3][4][5] In the financial year 2023–24, the airport handled over 21 million passengers and 0.34 million tonnes of cargo. The airport has two asphalt runways and offers direct flights to three continents. Terminals 1 and 4 handle domestic traffic and Terminal 2, which is being expanded to replace the older Terminal 3, handles international operation. A new satellite terminal is also under construction. A dedicated air cargo complex operates out of the old passenger terminal at Meenambakkam. The airport serves as a hub for Blue Dart Aviation, a focus city for Air India, and an operating base for IndiGo.
The airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035, with a peak capacity of 40 million passengers; a new greenfield airport has been proposed to supplement it. The airport is served by the Chennai International Airport Metro Station of the Chennai Metro and the Tirusulam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway.
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- ^ a b Annexure III – Passenger Data (PDF). Airports Authority of India (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data (PDF). Airports Authority of India (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data (PDF). Airports Authority of India (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.