# Chennai International Airport (MAA / VOMM)

**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 3,661 m (12,011 ft). It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MAA / VOMM
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Owner: Government of India
- Serves: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Opened: 1954
- Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft
- Coordinates: 12.9900, 80.1693
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,661 m / 12,011 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/chennai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_International_Airport (44 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502670
- Weather station: VOMM · WMO 43279
- Ident: VOMM

## Timeline

- 1954: Chennai International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,661 m / 12,011 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |
| 12/30 | 2,890 m / 9,482 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 119° / 299° | yes |

## Routes

79 destinations in 19 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (67)

- [CDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocp.md) Kadapa Airport · India · 227 km / 141 mi · IndiGo
- [SXV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vosm.md) Salem Airport · India · 265 km / 165 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 268 km / 167 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- [TRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votr.md) Tiruchirappalli International Airport · India · 294 km / 183 mi · IndiGo
- [JAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccj.md) Jaffna International Airport · Sri Lanka · 356 km / 221 mi · IndiGo
- [MYQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomy.md) Mysore Airport · India · 391 km / 243 mi · IndiGo
- [VGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobz.md) Vijayawada International Airport · India · 400 km / 249 mi · IndiGo
- [CJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocb.md) Coimbatore International Airport · India · 404 km / 251 mi · IndiGo
- [IXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomd.md) Madurai Airport · India · 417 km / 259 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [RJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vory.md) Rajahmundry Airport · India · 491 km / 305 mi · IndiGo
- [CCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocl.md) Calicut International Airport · India · 502 km / 312 mi · IndiGo
- [RQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0301.md) Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport · India · 502 km / 312 mi · SpiceJet
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 507 km / 315 mi · IndiGo, Alliance Air, SpiceJet
- [CNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vokn.md) Kannur International Airport · India · 516 km / 321 mi · IndiGo
- [COK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voci.md) Cochin International Airport · India · 518 km / 322 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet
- [TCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votk.md) Tuticorin Airport · India · 529 km / 329 mi · IndiGo
- [IXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voml.md) Mangaluru International Airport · India · 572 km / 355 mi · IndiGo
- [HBX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vahb.md) Hubballi Airport · India · 608 km / 378 mi · IndiGo
- [TRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votv.md) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · India · 614 km / 382 mi · IndiGo
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 647 km / 402 mi · IndiGo, FitsAir, SriLankan Airlines
- [VTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovi.md) Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) · India · 659 km / 409 mi · IndiGo
- [GOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vogo.md) Goa Dabolim International Airport · India · 733 km / 455 mi · IndiGo
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 745 km / 463 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · India · 913 km / 567 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- [RPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/varp.md) Swami Vivekananda Airport · India · 926 km / 575 mi · IndiGo
- [SAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vasd.md) Shirdi International Airport · India · 968 km / 601 mi · IndiGo
- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 1,007 km / 626 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 1,010 km / 628 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,033 km / 642 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet
- [IDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaid.md) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport · India · 1,176 km / 731 mi · IndiGo
- [STV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vasu.md) Surat International Airport · India · 1,199 km / 745 mi · IndiGo
- [IXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verc.md) Birsa Munda Airport · India · 1,270 km / 789 mi · IndiGo
- [BDQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabo.md) Vadodara International Airport · India · 1,273 km / 791 mi · IndiGo
- [IXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vopb.md) Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh · India · 1,373 km / 853 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,375 km / 854 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 1,386 km / 861 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- [RDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedg.md) Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport · India · 1,398 km / 869 mi · IndiGo
- [VNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebn.md) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · India · 1,414 km / 879 mi · IndiGo
- [KNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vicx.md) Kanpur Airport · India · 1,492 km / 927 mi · IndiGo
- [PAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vept.md) Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · India · 1,493 km / 928 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 1,533 km / 953 mi · IndiGo
- [JAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijp.md) Jaipur International Airport · India · 1,604 km / 997 mi · IndiGo
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 1,617 km / 1,005 mi · IndiGo, Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [IXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veat.md) Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · India · 1,681 km / 1,045 mi · IndiGo
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · India · 1,744 km / 1,084 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,760 km / 1,094 mi · IndiGo, Air India
- [HDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidx.md) Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · India · 1,772 km / 1,101 mi · IndiGo
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 1,884 km / 1,171 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [DED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidn.md) Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport · India · 1,923 km / 1,195 mi · IndiGo
- [IXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vicg.md) Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport · India · 1,997 km / 1,241 mi · IndiGo
- [ATQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viar.md) Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport · India · 2,153 km / 1,338 mi · IndiGo
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 2,227 km / 1,384 mi · IndiGo
- [IXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viju.md) Jammu Airport · India · 2,257 km / 1,402 mi · IndiGo
- [PEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkp.md) Penang International Airport · Malaysia · 2,365 km / 1,470 mi · IndiGo
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 2,589 km / 1,609 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,629 km / 1,634 mi · IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,925 km / 1,818 mi · IndiGo, Scoot, Air India Express
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,932 km / 1,822 mi · IndiGo, Emirates
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,966 km / 1,843 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,286 km / 2,042 mi · IndiGo, Qatar Airways
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 3,713 km / 2,307 mi · Cathay Pacific
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 3,777 km / 2,347 mi · IndiGo, Kuwait Airways
- [BWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbsb.md) Brunei International Airport · Brunei · 3,916 km / 2,433 mi · Royal Brunei Airlines
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,533 km / 2,817 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [RUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmee.md) Roland Garros Airport · Réunion · 4,631 km / 2,878 mi · IndiGo
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 7,595 km / 4,719 mi · Lufthansa
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 8,235 km / 5,117 mi · British Airways

### Seasonal (1)

- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 2,589 km / 1,609 mi · IndiGo

### Cargo (28)

- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 268 km / 167 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 507 km / 315 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 647 km / 402 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,375 km / 854 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 1,386 km / 861 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,760 km / 1,094 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 2,227 km / 1,384 mi · K-Mile Air
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 2,589 km / 1,609 mi · Oman Air
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,629 km / 1,634 mi · MASkargo
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 2,740 km / 1,703 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,922 km / 1,816 mi · Singapore Airlines
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,925 km / 1,818 mi · Singapore Airlines
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,937 km / 1,825 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,966 km / 1,843 mi · Etihad Airways
- [NNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgnn.md) Nanning Wuxu International Airport · China · 3,145 km / 1,954 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 3,149 km / 1,957 mi · Sichuan Airlines, SF Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,286 km / 2,042 mi · Qatar Airways
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 3,675 km / 2,284 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 3,709 km / 2,305 mi · SF Airlines
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 3,713 km / 2,307 mi · Hong Kong Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Cathay Pacific
- [EHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhec.md) Ezhou Huahu International Airport · China · 4,062 km / 2,524 mi · SF Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 4,148 km / 2,577 mi · Air Central
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 4,533 km / 2,817 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 4,704 km / 2,923 mi · Etihad Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 5,870 km / 3,647 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 7,595 km / 4,719 mi · Lufthansa Cargo
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 7,879 km / 4,896 mi · Singapore Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MAA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (3)

- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 10
- BZ [Blue Dart Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/blue-dart-aviation) · 6
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 2

### Passenger (19)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 61
- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 8
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 5
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 2
- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 1
- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1
- WY [Oman Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oman-air) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- BI [Royal Brunei Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-brunei-airlines) · 1
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 1
- TZ [Scoot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scoot) · 1
- UL [SriLankan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/srilankan-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (12)

- O3 [SF Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sf-airlines) · 3
- SQ [Singapore Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/singapore-airlines) · 3
- YG [YTO Cargo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yto-cargo-airlines) · 3
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa-cargo) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- GI [Air Central](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-central) · 1
- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 1
- HX [Hong Kong Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hong-kong-airlines) · 1
- 8K [K-Mile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/k-mile-air) · 1
- MH [MASkargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maskargo) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Jet Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet-airways), [Paramount Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/paramount-airways).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,661 m / 12,011 ft | =302 of 29,858 | #89 in Asia | #10 in IN |
| Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =2,581 in Asia | #277 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =212 in Asia | =28 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | CHENNAI CNTR | 118.900 |
| APP | APP | 127.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.450 |
| GCA | SCHENNAI RADARS | 125.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [VOTX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votx.md) Tambaram Air Force Station · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [VOAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voar.md) INS Rajali / Arakkonam Naval Air Station · 53 km / 33 mi
- [TIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votp.md) Tirupati International Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [VOVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovr.md) Vellore Airport · 120 km / 74 mi
- [PNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vopc.md) Pondicherry Airport · 120 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chennai International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chennai_International_Airport&oldid=1376617942), revision of 25 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm/data