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Chennai International Airport

ICAO VOMM12.9900°N 80.1693°E16 m / 52 ftLarge airport
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Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is a large airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It opened in 1954. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,658 m (12,001 ft). It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
1954
OpenedChennai International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 4 (Domestic)Terminal 1 (Domestic)Cargo TerminalTerminal 2 (International)Terminal 2
07/25069° / 249° · LIT
LENGTH3,658 m12,001 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30118° / 298° · LIT
LENGTH2,045 m6,708 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEPaved

Routes

79 destinations · 19 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miCDP · Kadapa Airport · 227 km / 141 miSXV · Salem Airport · 265 km / 165 miBLR · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · 268 km / 167 miTRZ · Tiruchirappalli International Airport · 294 km / 183 miJAF · Jaffna International Airport · 356 km / 221 miMYQ · Mysore Airport · 391 km / 243 miVGA · Vijayawada International Airport · 400 km / 249 miCJB · Coimbatore International Airport · 404 km / 251 miIXM · Madurai Airport · 417 km / 259 miRJA · Rajahmundry Airport · 491 km / 305 miCCJ · Calicut International Airport · 502 km / 312 miRQY · Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport · 502 km / 312 miHYD · Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · 507 km / 315 miCNN · Kannur International Airport · 516 km / 321 miCOK · Cochin International Airport · 518 km / 322 miTCR · Tuticorin Airport · 529 km / 329 miIXE · Mangaluru International Airport · 572 km / 355 miHBX · Hubballi Airport · 608 km / 378 miTRV · Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · 614 km / 382 miCMB · Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · 647 km / 402 miVTZ · Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) · 659 km / 409 miGOI · Goa Dabolim International Airport · 733 km / 455 miGOX · Manohar International Airport · 745 km / 463 miPNQ · Pune International Airport · 913 km / 567 miRPR · Swami Vivekananda Airport · 926 km / 575 miSAG · Shirdi International Airport · 968 km / 601 miBBI · Biju Patnaik International Airport · 1,007 km / 626 miNMI · Navi Mumbai International Airport · 1,010 km / 628 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 1,033 km / 642 miIDR · Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport · 1,176 km / 731 miSTV · Surat International Airport · 1,199 km / 745 miIXR · Birsa Munda Airport · 1,270 km / 789 miBDQ · Vadodara International Airport · 1,273 km / 791 miIXZ · Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh · 1,373 km / 853 miAMD · Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · 1,375 km / 854 miCCU · Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 1,386 km / 861 miRDP · Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport · 1,398 km / 869 miVNS · Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · 1,414 km / 879 miKNU · Kanpur Airport · 1,492 km / 927 miPAT · Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · 1,493 km / 928 miLKO · Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · 1,533 km / 953 miJAI · Jaipur International Airport · 1,604 km / 997 miDAC · Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · 1,617 km / 1,005 miIXA · Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · 1,681 km / 1,045 miIXB · Bagdogra Airport · 1,744 km / 1,084 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 1,760 km / 1,094 miHDO · Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · 1,772 km / 1,101 miGAU · Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · 1,884 km / 1,171 miDED · Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport · 1,923 km / 1,195 miIXC · Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport · 1,997 km / 1,241 miATQ · Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport · 2,153 km / 1,338 miBKK · Suvarnabhumi Airport · 2,227 km / 1,384 miIXJ · Jammu Airport · 2,257 km / 1,402 miPEN · Penang International Airport · 2,365 km / 1,470 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 2,589 km / 1,609 miKUL · Kuala Lumpur International Airport · 2,629 km / 1,634 miSIN · Singapore Changi Airport · 2,925 km / 1,818 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,932 km / 1,822 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,966 km / 1,843 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 3,286 km / 2,042 miHKG · Hong Kong International Airport · 3,713 km / 2,307 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 3,777 km / 2,347 miBWN · Brunei International Airport · 3,916 km / 2,433 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 4,533 km / 2,817 miRUN · Roland Garros Airport · 4,631 km / 2,878 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 7,595 km / 4,719 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 8,235 km / 5,117 miKMG · Kunming Changshui International Airport · 2,740 km / 1,703 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 2,922 km / 1,816 miDWC · Al Maktoum International Airport · 2,937 km / 1,825 miNNG · Nanning Wuxu International Airport · 3,145 km / 1,954 miTFU · Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · 3,149 km / 1,957 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 3,675 km / 2,284 miSZX · Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · 3,709 km / 2,305 miEHU · Ezhou Huahu International Airport · 4,062 km / 2,524 miCGO · Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · 4,148 km / 2,577 miPVG · Shanghai Pudong International Airport · 4,704 km / 2,923 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 5,870 km / 3,647 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,879 km / 4,896 miLHRFRAISTPVGRUNADDCGOBWNKWIHKGDOHTFUSINKMGPENIXJBKKGAUHDOLKOAMDIXZBOMBBIGOICMBCCJVGAEHUNNGDXBMCTIXCIXAJAIPATRDPSTVRPRIXEHYDJAFCDPAMSCANKULATQIXBVNSCCUIXRIDRVTZTRVCOKRQYIXMMYQTRZBLRAUHDEDBDQSAGPNQHBXTCRCNNRJACJBSXVMAA
Year-round67
CDPKadapa AirportIndia · IndiGo227 km141 miSXVSalem AirportIndia · IndiGo265 km165 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express +1268 km167 miTRZTiruchirappalli International AirportIndia · IndiGo294 km183 miJAFJaffna International AirportSri Lanka · IndiGo356 km221 miMYQMysore AirportIndia · IndiGo391 km243 miVGAVijayawada International AirportIndia · IndiGo400 km249 miCJBCoimbatore International AirportIndia · IndiGo404 km251 miIXMMadurai AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express417 km259 miRJARajahmundry AirportIndia · IndiGo491 km305 miCCJCalicut International AirportIndia · IndiGo502 km312 miRQYRashtrakavi Kuvempu AirportIndia · SpiceJet502 km312 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Alliance Air, SpiceJet507 km315 miCNNKannur International AirportIndia · IndiGo516 km321 miCOKCochin International AirportIndia · IndiGo, SpiceJet518 km322 miTCRTuticorin AirportIndia · IndiGo529 km329 miIXEMangaluru International AirportIndia · IndiGo572 km355 miHBXHubballi AirportIndia · IndiGo608 km378 miTRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportIndia · IndiGo614 km382 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · IndiGo, FitsAir, SriLankan Airlines647 km402 miVTZAlluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)India · IndiGo659 km409 miGOIGoa Dabolim International AirportIndia · IndiGo733 km455 miGOXManohar International AirportIndia · IndiGo, SpiceJet745 km463 miPNQPune International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet913 km567 miRPRSwami Vivekananda AirportIndia · IndiGo926 km575 miSAGShirdi International AirportIndia · IndiGo968 km601 miBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,007 km626 miNMINavi Mumbai International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,010 km628 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India +11,033 km642 miIDRDevi Ahilya Bai Holkar International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,176 km731 miSTVSurat International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,199 km745 miIXRBirsa Munda AirportIndia · IndiGo1,270 km789 miBDQVadodara International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,273 km791 miIXZVeer Savarkar International Airport / INS UtkroshIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express1,373 km853 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet1,375 km854 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet1,386 km861 miRDPKazi Nazrul Islam AirportIndia · IndiGo1,398 km869 miVNSLal Bahadur Shastri International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,414 km879 miKNUKanpur AirportIndia · IndiGo1,492 km927 miPATJay Prakash Narayan AirportIndia · IndiGo, SpiceJet1,493 km928 miLKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,533 km953 miJAIJaipur International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,604 km997 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · IndiGo, Biman Bangladesh Airlines1,617 km1,005 miIXAAgartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram AirportIndia · IndiGo1,681 km1,045 miIXBBagdogra AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express1,744 km1,084 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India1,760 km1,094 miHDOHindon Airport / Hindon Air Force StationIndia · IndiGo1,772 km1,101 miGAULokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express1,884 km1,171 miDEDDehradun Jolly Grant AirportIndia · IndiGo1,923 km1,195 miIXCShaheed Bhagat Singh International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,997 km1,241 miATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,153 km1,338 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · IndiGo2,227 km1,384 miIXJJammu AirportIndia · IndiGo2,257 km1,402 miPENPenang International AirportMalaysia · IndiGo2,365 km1,470 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir, Oman Air2,589 km1,609 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines2,629 km1,634 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · IndiGo, Scoot, Air India Express2,925 km1,818 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · IndiGo, Emirates2,932 km1,822 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · IndiGo, Akasa Air2,966 km1,843 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · IndiGo, Qatar Airways3,286 km2,042 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific3,713 km2,307 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · IndiGo, Kuwait Airways3,777 km2,347 miBWNBrunei International AirportBrunei · Royal Brunei Airlines3,916 km2,433 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,533 km2,817 miRUNRoland Garros AirportRéunion · IndiGo4,631 km2,878 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa7,595 km4,719 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways8,235 km5,117 mi
Cargo28
BLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · Blue Dart Aviation268 km167 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation507 km315 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · Turkish Airlines647 km402 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,033 km642 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,375 km854 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,386 km861 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,760 km1,094 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · K-Mile Air2,227 km1,384 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air2,589 km1,609 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · MASkargo2,629 km1,634 miKMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines2,740 km1,703 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Singapore Airlines2,922 km1,816 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines2,925 km1,818 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates SkyCargo2,937 km1,825 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways2,966 km1,843 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines3,145 km1,954 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, SF Airlines3,149 km1,957 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,286 km2,042 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines3,675 km2,284 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · SF Airlines3,709 km2,305 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo +13,713 km2,307 miEHUEzhou Huahu International AirportChina · SF Airlines4,062 km2,524 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Air Central4,148 km2,577 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,533 km2,817 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Etihad Airways4,704 km2,923 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines5,870 km3,647 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa Cargo7,595 km4,719 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Singapore Airlines7,879 km4,896 mi
Most destinationsIndiGo 61SpiceJet 10Air India Express 8Blue Dart Aviation 6Akasa Air 5YTO Cargo Airlines 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MAA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Chennai International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,658 m12,001 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=325of 29,823 · =95 Asia · #10 INElevation16 m52 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,027of 43,341 · =2,587 Asia · #276 INAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =212 Asia · =28 INRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =2 IN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
ACCCHENNAI CNTR118.900
APPAPP127.900
ATISATIS127.450
GCASCHENNAI RADARS125.700
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.100