# Tuticorin Airport (TCR / VOTK)

**Tuticorin Airport** (IATA: TCR, ICAO: VOTK) is a small airport in Vagaikulam, Tamil Nadu, India. It opened on 30 Apr 1992. It has one runway, 1,352 m (4,434 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TCR / VOTK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Vagaikulam, Tamil Nadu, India
- Opened: 30 Apr 1992 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 39 m / 129 ft
- Coordinates: 8.7242, 78.0258
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,352 m / 4,434 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://aai.aero/allAirports/tuticorin_generalinfo.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoothukudi_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522770
- Weather station: VOTK
- Ident: VOTK

## Timeline

- 30 Apr 1992: Tuticorin Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,352 m / 4,434 ft | 29 m / 95 ft | Asphalt | 101° / 281° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 499 km / 310 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 529 km / 329 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,352 m / 4,434 ft | =8,297 of 29,858 | #1,477 in Asia | #180 in IN |
| Elevation | 39 m / 129 ft | =35,952 of 43,403 | =2,187 in Asia | =264 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1992 | =9,995 of 15,079 | =470 in Asia | #54 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VO26](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vo26.md) Kovilpatti Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [VORM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vorm.md) Ramnad Naval Air Station · 123 km / 77 mi
- [IXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomd.md) Madurai Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [TRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votv.md) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · 125 km / 77 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: “Thoothukudi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thoothukudi_Airport&oldid=1376789080), revision of 26 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/votk/data