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, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 16 m / 52 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Chennai International Airport | ||||||||||||||
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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, 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 by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, and fourth busiest by cargo handled in India. It is also the third busiest airport by international traffic. In financial year 2023-24, the airport handled over 21 million passengers and 0.34 million tonnes of cargo. The airport offers connecting passenger flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to three of them.
As of 2024[update], the airport has three operating passenger terminals with terminals 1 and 4 handling domestic traffic and terminal 2 handling international operations respectively. Expansion of terminal 2 replacing the older terminal 3 and a new satellite terminal, are under construction. There is a dedicated air cargo complex operating out of the old passenger terminal at Meenambakkam. There are two asphalt runways. The airport serves as a hub for Blue Dart Aviation, and IndiGo and is a focus city for Air India and SpiceJet.
The airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035, with a peak capacity of 40 million passengers, and a new greenfield airport has been proposed. The airport is served by the airport metro station of the Chennai Metro and the Tirusulam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway.
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