Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport
Aerial view of Chennai airport
IATA: MAA ICAO: VOMM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Chennai Metropolitan Area
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Opened	1910 (1910)
Hub for	Air Carnival Air Costa Blue Dart Aviation Spice Jet
Focus city for	GoAir IndiGo Jet Airways
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E / 12.98222; 80.16361Coordinates: 12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E / 12.98222; 80.16361
Website	www.aai.aero/chennai/index.jsp
Map
MAA Show map of Chennai MAA Show map of Tamil Nadu MAA Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 12,001 3,658 Asphalt 12/30 9,596 2,925 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passenger movements 17,733,375 (19.96%) Aircraft movements 143,995 (19.22%) Cargo tonnage 347,694 (12.87%)
Source: AAI

Passenger movements	17,733,375 (19.96%)
Aircraft movements	143,995 (19.22%)
Cargo tonnage	347,694 (12.87%)

Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area. It is the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of total passenger traffic after Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore and 49th busiest airport in Asia. In 2016, the airport handled 17.7 million passengers and about 400 aircraft movements per day.

The domestic and the international terminals are named after former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu K. Kamaraj and C. N. Annadurai respectively. It was the first airport in India to have international and domestic terminals located adjacent to each other. The airport serves as the regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India for South India comprising the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala and the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.