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Chennai International Airport

Coordinates: 12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E / 12.98222; 80.16361
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Chennai International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMinistry of Civil Aviation
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesChennai Metropolitan Area
LocationTirusulam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Opened1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL16 m / 52 ft
Coordinates12°58′56″N 80°9′49″E / 12.98222°N 80.16361°E / 12.98222; 80.16361
WebsiteChennai International Airport
Map
MAA is located in Chennai
MAA
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Location in Tamil Nadu
MAA is located in Tamil Nadu
MAA
MAA
MAA (Tamil Nadu)
MAA is located in India
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MAA (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,661 12,011 Asphalt
12/30 2,890 9,482 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers21,207,262 (Increase 14.2%)
Aircraft movements145,790 (Increase 5.9%)
Cargo tonnage340,544 (Decrease 0.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

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, around 20 km (12 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, 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.

History[edit]

Giacomo D'Angelis and his biplane in 1910 during the first flight in the city

The aviation history of the city began in 1910, when a city-based Corsican hotelier Giacomo D'Angelis built a biplane powered by a with a small engine in association with Simpson's, a leading coach-builder in the city.[4][5] He tested it at Island Grounds at Madras, making it the first powered flight in Asia.[6][7] Further display of flying was done by a set of aviators including Baron de Caters, Jules Tyck and Pierre de Caters in 1911.[8] J. W. Madley, a water works engineer, flew an aircraft assembled by him over the Red Hills reservoir and shot a couple of aerial photographs in 1914.[9] In 1915, Tata Air Mail started an airmail service between Karachi and Madras marking the beginning of civil aviation in India.[10][11] In March 1930, a discussion initiated by pilot G. Vlasto led to the founding of Madras Flying Club.[12][13]

Tata Sons' Airline timetable, c. 1935

Commissioned in 1930, Madras Airport was one of the first airports of India.[14][15] On 15 October 1932, J. R. D. Tata flew a Puss Moth aircraft carrying air mail from Karachi to Bombay's Juhu Airstrip and the flight was continued to Madras piloted by aviator Nevill Vintcent marking the first scheduled commercial flight.[16][17] Although the first aircraft landed in Madras airport in 1932 and commercial services were in operation later, the usage was confined mostly to military operations during World War II, when it became the base of Royal Indian Air Force.[18][19]

The old terminal at Meenambakkam, now used for Air cargo

In 1952, the Civil Aviation Department took over the operations of the airport.[18] The first passenger terminal was built in 1954 on the northeastern side of Meenambakkam, and the airport operated as a customs airport with limited international services.[20][21] In 1972, the airport came under the purview Airports Authority of India (AAI).[18] An Air cargo complex was commissioned on 1 February 1978, which was the second gateway air cargo terminal in the country after the one at Kolkata airport.[22] In 1985, the passenger operations were shifted to the new domestic terminal built at Tirusulam. An international terminal was added in 1989 and the old terminal building was used for air cargo.[21]

Facade of new terminal added in 1985

In November 1988, British Airways inaugurated scheduled services to London's Heathrow Airport commencing services to Europe with the airline flying nonstop with Boeing 747s from April 1991.[23][24][25] On 23 September 1999, a handling centre for flowers, fruits and vegetables was commissioned at the air cargo terminal.[21] In 2001, Chennai Airport received ISO 9001-2000 certification, becoming the first internationa airport in the country to obtain the same.[26][27][28] A new international departure terminal was commissioned in 2003.[18] In May 2005, Delta Air Lines commenced the first direct flights to the Americas connecting Chennai with New York City via Paris.[29][30]

In 2008, the AAI started major modernisation of the airport.[31] The plan consisted of constructing two new terminals (Terminal 1 and 4), renovation of the existing international terminal (Terminal 3) along with the extension of the secondary runway, construction of new taxiways, parking bays and fire station.[32] In 2018, construction of a new intergrated terminal (Terminal 2) commenced, with the flight operations starting on 7 July 2023.[33]

Administration[edit]

Chennai Airport is owned and operated by Airports Authority of India and serves as the regional headquarters of the AAI for the southern region of India comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, and the union territories of Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.[34][35] It functions from the Air Traffic Control Complex within the airport.[36] The airport is the centre of the southern flight information region (FIR), one of the four FIRs that the Indian air space is divided into and is responsible for the air traffic services over the Chennai FIR consisting of five southern states and two southern union territories and the oceanic air space of the southern part of the Bay of Bengal and the eastern part of the Arabian Sea.[37]

The immigration services at the airport are handled by the Bureau of Immigration of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[38] The airport is the home to the southern regional office of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), which is responsible for the security of flights.[39] Security of the airport is provided by the Airport Sector (CISF), that includes a dog squad for identification of narcotics and bomb disposal.[40]

In 2013, Government of India proposed to offer a contract to a private operator to operate the airport and AAI invited bids for the same.[41][42] The plan did not materialize due to protest by airport employees against the move fearing job losses.[43]

Facilities[edit]

Runways[edit]

Runway 07/25 as seen from St. Thomas Mount

The airport has two runways — the 3,661 m (12,011 ft) long primary runway 07/25 (Northeast – Southwest orientation) and the 2,890 m (9,480 ft) long secondary runway 12/30 (Northwest – Southeast orientation).[44][45] The runways are equipped with CAT-I Instrument Landing System (ILS) for IFR approach with Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) landing aids.[46] An upgraded ILS was installed on runway 07/25 in 2017.[47] Chennai airport is not equipped with a CAT-III landing system, which will enable operations in poor visibility conditions.[48] In 2012, AAI acquired additional land to install new landing lights and upgrade the ILS.[49]

One of the two runways at the airport

The secondary runway was closed in 2009 to extend it over the Adyar River by means of a bridge over the watercourse at a cost of ₹4,300 million (US$52 million). The runway which was initially 2,035 m (6,677 ft) long was planned to be extended to 3,445 m (11,302 ft).[50] The expansion was completed in March 2011.[51] The bridge over the Adyar river accommodated the runway and a taxiway, making Chennai airport, the first international airport in India to have a runway across a river.[52] The commissioning was delayed as the approach lighting system was installed.[53][54] The second runway which was earlier used by only smaller aircraft, was able to accommodate narrow body aircraft post the expansion. In February 2012, airport authorities announced that only about 2,160 m (7,090 ft) of the secondary runway would be operational due to displacements at both ends.[55][56]

As of 2020, the layout consisted of a long taxiway (B) and a shorter taxiway (R) parallel to primary runway 07/25 and parallel taxiway (N) oriented along the secondary runway 12/30. Two taxiways (P and Q) linked the two runways along with other other taxiways interconnecting the runways, main taxiways and parking aprons.[44][57] In January 2018, the airport began cross-runway operations to avoid flight delays.[58] In May 2023, a rapid exit taxi way was added 1,831 m (6,007 ft) from the threshold on the primary runway 07 and another taxi way linking the main apron.[59] This reduced the runway occupancy time and increased the flight handling capacity from 36 to 45 flights per hour.[60]

Passenger terminals[edit]

The airport occupies an area of 1,301 acres (526 ha) with the passenger terminals located in Tirusulam in Kanchipuram district.[61][62] As of 2024, the airport consists of three operational passenger terminals with Terminals 1 and 4 catering to domestic traffic and Terminal 2 handling international traffic. The new domestic terminal (Terminal 1) handles most domestic traffic and post the inauguration of the new integrated terminal (Terminal 2) in May 2023, international traffic moved to the new terminal and Terminal 4 was used to augment domestic traffic from November 2023.[63]

The new domestic terminal (Terminal 1) has 52 check-in counters.[64] The Anna international terminal covers an area of 42,870 m2 (461,400 sq ft) with 45 check-in counters and 38 immigration counters, including 16 in the departures area and 22 in the arrivals area, and 18 customs counters, including 2 in the departure area and 16 in the arrival area.[46] There are four entry gates at the airport, two each at both the terminals. There are 5 X-ray baggage facilities at the domestic terminal and 2 at the international terminal.[65] The new terminals spread across 72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft) and have 72 passenger check-in counters. However, the plan for the parallel runway has been dropped.[66] The total area of retail space at the domestic and international terminals is 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft), comprising of duty-free retail shops, restaurants, snack bars, and executive lounges.[67] The Anna international terminal has 6 boarding gates on the first floor. The Kamaraj domestic terminal has a total of 9 boarding gates, including 6 on the ground floor and 3 on the first floor.

The current development projects include construction of a brand new integrated terminal in place of the older Terminals 2 and 3 which currently lie in between the two newer Terminals 1 and 4. The design is a collaborative effort of team lead involving Frederic Schwartz Architects, Gensler, and led by New Delhi-based Creative Group. Creative Group is the principal architect for the project providing comprehensive architecture and engineering consultancy for the design of the passenger terminal building, parking garage structures, and the roadway access system. The proposed design, based on Gensler's Terminal 2015 concept, will be connected with the design elements of the existing Terminals 1 and 4. It was reported that the new terminal building will have a handling capacity of 10 million passengers and when integrated with the existing terminals, it will provide for a handling capacity of 23 million passengers a year. The new terminal building is expected to have an area of about 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) with 104 check-in counters, 16 aero-bridges, and 60 immigration counters, and the two runways would be interconnected by a network of taxiways. The ₹24,760-million integrated terminal programme commenced on 11 July 2018 and its first stage was completed on 8 April 2023.[68] Once its second stage is completed, it will serve as the airport's sole integrated terminal alongside the newer Terminals 1 and 4.

The new Integrated Terminal (Terminal 2) commenced main operations on 7 July 2023, with 26 airlines moving to the terminal. Many retail shops being opened as they move from the previous terminals to the new one.[69] The new terminal is designed with the inspiration of Tamil Nadu culture, with the building's roof being inspired by the pleats of the Bharatanatyam costume, a traditional dress worn by dancers. The flooring and the false ceiling feature Kolam patterns, a type of design found in front of Tamil houses during special occasions.[70] The outside of the terminal features a 1,730-kilogram lamp named the Nachiarkovil Lamp. The design of the pillars erected near the entry gates are inspired by the palm trees found all over the state of Tamil Nadu.

Design
Nataraja statue at the airport

The design details of the runways are handled by the Airports Authority of India, while architecture firms are limited to designing buildings on the land side of the runway. The present proposal is parallel to the existing runway. The entire design as being organised around "two lush sustainable gardens" and the wing-like roofs helps collect rainwater and become part of the garden.[71]

The domestic terminal building currently measures 139,931 sq ft (13,000.0 m2) and handles 4.74 million passengers a year. The revamped design of the domestic terminal building will accommodate twice as many passengers in a three-storey structure 984 ft long. The new design, based on the organisation of security and passenger circulation, centres around two lush, ecologically sustainable gardens each measuring nearly an acre and includes a parking garage with a green roof over 300 m (980 ft) long and rainwater capture systems collectively known as the "green gate" of the terminal. Expansive glass curtain walls will be incorporated to boost the feeling of airiness and spaciousness, as will skylights.[72] The new terminal will have three levels. The departure area will be featured on the top level with the arrivals section on ground level. The arrivals section will form the base for airlines and other offices with the basement reserved for luggage scanners. The domestic terminal covers 67,700 sq m and will also have a provision of seven gates, two hard-stand hold rooms, and 52 check-in counters, besides eight counters for e-ticketing. The international terminal will cover 59,300 sq m with the provision of two gates with multiple hard-stand hold rooms, 52 check-in counters, eight counters for e-ticketing, 18/10 immigration/custom counters for handling passenger arrivals, and 18 immigration counters for departing passengers. Both the terminals will be equipped with an in-line baggage handling system capable of Level 4 security screening system. This system consists of four departure conveyors of a total length of 3,500 m and can handle 1,200 baggages per hour.[73]

The new terminal buildings measure more than 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft). The new terminal buildings are expected to cater to 14 million more passengers per annum, including 4 million per annum at the international terminals. With the existing terminals handling 9 million, the airport will be able to handle 23 million passengers per annum after the integration[74] with 16 million in domestic and 7 million in the international terminal.[73] After expansion, the aircraft movements in the airport is likely to increase at the rate of 5 to 7%. By 2020–21, the airport is expected to handle 700 movements a day. The new terminals are expected to clock between 72 and 75 green points of the total 100 for integrated inhabited assessment. The AAI has divided the building for land-side and air-side operations. The spaces are connected with a central security checkpoint for departure and there is a glass bridge on each side of the building for arriving passengers. On the roadside, the new terminals are connected with an elevated corridor, which will have approach and exit ramps.[74] The power requirement at the expanded airport is around 110 kV•A – more than three times the current needs.[75] A new 11,000 kV sub-station has been built by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) at the airport to serve the terminals, for which the power has been sourced from Kadapperi near Tambaram.[76] The retail space earmarked in the new international and domestic terminals is about 9,000 sq m, nearly thrice as much as the existing one.[77]

Accidents and Controversies

In recent years, there were many reported incidents of ceiling collapses and glass door and window breakages due to the poor quality and improper design of work during the recent modernisation of the airport terminals. The first incident happened on 13 May 2013 when 20 panels caved in near the security hold area due to heavy winds, followed by another incident on 11 August when 23 panels behind the check-in counters at the terminal crashed due to heavy condensation. The last reported incident of a ceiling collapse happened in late April 2015, bringing the total number of incidents to an abnormal 45. As of 11 August 2015, the number of incidents have reached 50 which has been a point of discussion in social networking sites.[78]

Cargo complex[edit]

The Air Cargo Complex at the Chennai Airport was established in 1978, when all regulatory and facilitating agencies were brought under one roof for faster processing/clearance of international cargo, to cater for air cargo movement in the southern region. At the cargo terminal, AAI functions as ground handling agency for airlines for handling or processing their cargo on ground and acts as custodian on behalf of customs import/export cargo under the customs act of 1962. Spread over an area of 19.5 acres, the complex uses cargo-handling equipments such as elevated transfer vehicle, forklifts, high-mast stackers, and power hydraulic pallet trucks for handling cargo.[79] The covered area of the export wing of the complex is 20,595 sq m while that of the import wing is 20,090 sq m.[80] The existing covered area of cargo terminal in occupation of AAI is 37,085 sq m.[79] There are three ETV build-up/working stations and 18 manual build-up ETV loading positions at the complex.[80]

The cargo complex consists of two divisions, namely, the export and the import facilities. The export facility covers an area of 16,366 sq m and the import facility covers 16,500 sq m.[81] The complex has an exclusive cargo apron which can accommodate three wide-bodied aircraft with ULD parking area and hydrant-refuelling facility at the bay.[80] The Customs department has appointed AAI and AI as the custodian at the complex. The import cargo of all the airlines is solely handled by AAI. The export cargo, on the other hand, is handled by AAI in respect of airlines handled by it while those of the rest of the airlines are handled by AI.[79]

Export area
Ground floor area 5,200 sq m
First floor area (office) 2,295 sq m
Truck dock position/area 14 trucks (865 sq m)
Examination area 770 sq m
Bonded area 2,270 sq m
Import area
Total area 20,090 sq m

The available capacity and cargo handled at the terminal are listed below:

Area Annual capacity (Tonnes) Annual tonnage (Tonnes)
Export General 265,000 160,000
Import 277,460 130,000
Total 542,460 290,000

The existing capacity of the air cargo complex is expected to meet the requirement till 2020. Phase III and IV of the new integrated cargo terminal with latest automated storage and retrieval system is under construction, enhancing the area from 35,920 sq m to 54,620 sq m.

The upcoming import cargo storage and processing facility would have a capacity to handle almost 800,000 tonnes of cargo annually from the existing 300,000 tonnes. The new complex will have an area of 58,000 sq m against the current area of 26,000 sq m. The conventional way of warehouse management will be replaced by automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) The ASRS would have over 8,000 storage bins and each bin would have a capacity to store 1.3 to 1.5 tonnes of cargo in it. Apart from ASRS, the upcoming facilities would also have multiple temperature-controlled cold storages for perishable cargo,[82] with three chambers at 0 to 12 °C covering a total area of 445 sq m.[83] There would be three fully secured strong rooms for storage and processing of high value cargo, such as gems, jewellery, gold and silver, both in export and import together. The new facility would also have dedicated isolated storage locations for handling dangerous and hazardous cargo.[82]

In 2009, an integrated cargo complex was planned in the cargo complex of the airport. The complex would be constructed, at a cost of ₹1,450 million, in 15 months. While the ground floor would measure 21,000 sq m, the first floor would be built on 12,100 sq m. The new building would be used exclusively for import activities. Once the civil works were completed, the ASRS would be installed. It would cost ₹750 million.[84]

Parking bays[edit]

The airport has 90 parking bays including 18 in-contact bays connected to the passenger terminals. The main apron (A) located to the south of the primary runway and the parallel taxiway B accommodates 33 parking bays including 11 parking bays that can accommodate wide body aircraft. Two aprons (Aprons II and III) are located between the two runways. Apron II can park 36 narrow-body aircraft and Apron III can accommodate 12 wide-body aircraft including one parking bay that can park an Airbus A380.[44]

A remote apron (Apron I) located to the east of the secondary runway can accommodate a further eight narrow body jets. A smaller apron (T) located towards the east end of the secondary runway has three parking bays. An apron (B) located to the east of the Air cargo complex caters to cargo operations has 10 parking bays with three of them accommodating wide body aircraft.[44]

Air traffic control[edit]

The Air traffic control tower is located at the Air Traffic Services Complex and is equipped with advanced surface movement guidance and control system.[85] An automated smart flight guidance system was installed in October 2011 at a cost of ₹420 million (US$5.0 million).[86][87] The automated system combines information from tower control, approach control, area control and oceanic control electronically and improved reliability.[88][89][90] There are two radars, a secondary surveillance radar and a terminal radar.[91] As the airport controls one of the four flight information regions in the country, other radar systems in the region are integrated with the ATC at Chennai.[92]

Other facilities[edit]

The old parking lot at the airport accommodated 1,200 cars.[93] In June 2018, a six-level car park with a capacity to accommodate 2,237 cars was planned in front of the airport on a 4.25-acre plot.[94] Construction began in March 2019, was completed in December 2021 and opened in 2022.[95][96][97] In addition, a 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2) mall named Aerohub was built. The mall has a 238,100 sq ft (22,120 m2) cinema multiplex and a 35,678 sq ft (3,314.6 m2) 59-key transit hotel facility.[98]

Kitchen and caterers[edit]

TajSATS, a joint-venture of the Indian Hotels Company and SATS (formerly known as Singapore Airport Terminal Services) provides in-flight catering at Chennai Airport.[99] It also manages airport lounges.[100] The Taj Madras Flight Kitchen, a joint-venture of the Indian Hotels, SATS and Malaysia Airlines started in 1994, operates restaurants at the airport.[101][102]

Maintenance hangar[edit]

In 2008, a 70,000 sq ft (6,500 m2) maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar was established at a cost of US$2.9 million. The facility can handle one large or two smaller aircraft and functions as a repair shop and assembly area. It is equipped with an engineering and training facility and an engineering maintenance conference room.[103]

Future plans[edit]

As a part of expansion plan unveiled in 2018, a new intergrated terminal and a satellite terminal were planned to increase the terminal area to 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft) with a capacity of 35 million passengers, up from the existing capacity of 18 million.[104] The satellite terminal near the secondary runway would be connected by a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long tunnel to the main buildings at a cost of ₹7,000 million (US$84 million).[105][106] With part of the integrated terminal opening in May 2023, the old terminal 3 is planned to be demolished to extend the new intergrated terminal (Terminal 2).[107][108] In January 2024, AAI also announced plans to construct 11 new rapid taxi-ways to improve aircraft handling.[109]

Greenfield airport[edit]

Main article: Chennai greenfield airport, Parandur

The existing airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035, with a peak capacity of 40 million passengers.[110] In 2012, a second airport for the city was planned on 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) land at Sriperumbudur with four-runways at an estimated cost of ₹35,000 million (US$420 million).[111] The new airport would accomodate 40 million passengers annually.[112][113] In September 2019, the state government shortlisted six other locations for the airport.[114] In August 2022, the state government selected Parandur in Kanchipuram district as location for the new greenfield airport. The new greenfield airport would come up on 4,970 acres (2,010 ha) of land.[110]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Air ArabiaSharjah[115]
Air Arabia Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi[116]
AirAsiaKuala Lumpur–International
Air IndiaBangalore, Coimbatore, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Delhi, Dubai–International, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Port Blair, Singapore[117]
Air India Express[118]Bangalore, Dammam,[119] Ghaziabad (begins 20 August 2024),[120] Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata,[121] Kuwait City,[122] Siliguri (begins 20 August 2024), Singapore, Thiruvananthapuram
Air MauritiusMauritius[123]
Akasa Air[124]Bangalore, Port Blair
Alliance AirHyderabad,[125] Jaffna
Batik Air[126]Kuala Lumpur–International, Medan[a]
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka[127]
British AirwaysLondon–Heathrow[128]
Cathay PacificHong Kong[129]
EmiratesDubai–International[130]
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa[131]
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi[132]
FitsAirColombo–Bandaranaike[133]
Gulf AirBahrain[134]
IndiGo[135]Agartala,[136] Abu Dhabi,[137] Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[138] Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai–International, Durgapur,[139] Goa–Dabolim, Goa–Mopa,[140] Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore,[141] Jaipur, Kadapa,[142] Kannur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kurnool,[143] Kuwait City, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai,[144] Mysore, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur,[144] Rajahmundry, Ranchi,[145][146] Salem,[147] Siliguri,[146] Singapore, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tuticorin, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
Jazeera AirwaysKuwait City[148]
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait City[149]
LufthansaFrankfurt[150]
Malaysia AirlinesKuala Lumpur–International[151]
Myanmar Airways InternationalYangon[152]
Oman AirMuscat[153]
Qatar AirwaysDoha[154]
SalamAirMuscat[155]
ScootSingapore[156]
Singapore AirlinesSingapore[157]
SpiceJet[158]Ahmedabad, Ayodhya, Delhi, Hyderabad, Port Blair, Varanasi[159]
SriLankan AirlinesColombo–Bandaranaike[160]
Thai AirAsiaBangkok–Don Mueang[161]
Thai Airways InternationalBangkok–Suvarnabhumi[162]
US-Bangla AirlinesDhaka[163]
VistaraDelhi, Mumbai
Notes
  1. ^ Medan is continuation of Kuala Lumpur–International flight as same flight number

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Dart AviationBangalore, Hyderabad
Cathay CargoHong Kong
Ethiopian CargoAddis Ababa, Hong Kong
Etihad CargoAbu Dhabi, Shanghai–Pudong[164]
Hong Kong Air CargoHong Kong, Colombo–Bandaranaike
Lufthansa CargoFrankfurt, Hong Kong
MASkargoKuala Lumpur–International
Qatar Airways CargoColombo–Bandaranaike, Doha
SF AirlinesChengdu–Tianfu, Ezhou,[165] Shenzhen[166]
Sichuan Airlines CargoChengdu–Tianfu[167]
Singapore Airlines CargoAmsterdam, Singapore
Turkish CargoColombo–Bandaranaike, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Istanbul
YTO Cargo Airlines[168]Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanning

Statistics[edit]

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Busiest domestic routes from MAA (2022–23)[169]
Rank Airport Carriers Departing passengers
1 Mumbai Air India, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara 1,055,365
2 Delhi Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara 1,030,650
3 Bangalore Air India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo 582,832
4 Hyderabad AIX Connect, Alliance Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet 554,070
5 Kolkata Air India, IndiGo 427,764
6 Coimbatore Air India, IndiGo 391,409
7 Pune IndiGo, SpiceJet 265,680
8 Kochi IndiGo 260,356
9 Port Blair Air India, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet 221,020
10 Madurai Air India, IndiGo 174,297
Busiest international routes from MAA (2022–23)[170]
Rank Airport Carriers Departing passengers
1 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Air India, Emirates, FlyDubai, IndiGo 499,446
2 Singapore Singapore Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, Scoot, Singapore Airlines 370,705
3 Sri Lanka Colombo-Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka Air India, FitsAir, IndiGo, SpiceJet, SriLankan 311,061
4 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Air Asia, Batik Air, IndiGo, Malaysia Airlines 243,576
5 Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait Air India, IndiGo, Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways 154,739
6 Qatar Doha, Qatar IndiGo, Qatar Airways 149,389
7 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Air Arabia, Etihad Airways, IndiGo 137,705
8 Oman Muscat, Oman IndiGo, Oman Air 90,905
9 United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Air Arabia 80,492
10 Thailand Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Thailand Thai Airways International 73,023

Connectivity[edit]

The airport is situated on the Grand Southern Trunk Road (National Highway 32), a major national highway connecting several cities within the state. The airport is served by Tirusulam railway station on the Suburban railway network. Airport prepaid taxis are available round the clock, with moderate fares fixed by the government. The airport metro station of the Chennai Metro connects the airport to other parts of the city, making it the second airport in India to be connected to a metro system.[171] Shuttle services between the metro station and the terminals are provided for the passengers.[172] In future, the concourse of the metro station will be linked to the passenger terminals by means of a connector tube connecting the metro station to the flyover at the terminals, so that passengers alighting from the train can go to the departure area of the airport terminals without coming out of the station building.[173] The Tirusulam suburban train station will also be integrated with the metro station and the airport.[174] A flyover at the entrance of the airport helps the traffic on GST road bypass the entrance. The Kathipara grade-separator at Guindy facilitates the traffic flowing from the city centre onto the airport side.

In 2018, a 600-meter-long travelator connecting the terminals was opened at a cost of ₹800 million.[175]

Awards[edit]

The airport was ranked in the third place as the Best Airport by Size in the category of 15-25 million passengers per annum by Airports Council International in 2017. It was awarded as the Best Tourist Friendly Airport by Tamil Nadu Tourism from the Ministry of Tourism two consecutive times, in 2016 and 2018. It was awarded the Gold Award by the survey of RoSPA Health and Safety Awards for ensuring proper hygienic conditions and safety from accidents and incidents, as well as the Sword of Honour by the British Safety Council for ensuring safety and security, both for the airport's Phase-II of modernisation, in 2020. It was ranked in the eighth place among the most punctual airports in the world, globally, by ensuring timely takeoffs and landings to and from the airport, in 2021 by Cirium, an aviation data analytics company.[176]

Accidents and Incidents[edit]

  • On 7 January 1974, an Antonov AN-12 of the Indian Air Force crashed on take-off at the airport due to engine failure. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was damaged beyond recovery.[177]
  • On 26 April 1979, a Boeing 737-200 operated by Indian Airlines (registration VT-ECR) from Trivandrum had a mid-air explosion during descent. The aircraft crash landed more than 2,500 ft (760 m) beyond the runway threshold. There were 14 injuries and no fatalities but the aircraft was destroyed due to subsequent fire.[177][178]
  • In August 1984, a bomb blast near the airport killed 33 people and injured 27 others.[179] The entire concourse was razed down and had to be rebuilt.[180]
  • On 29 September 1986, Indian Airlines flight IC 571, an Airbus A300 (registration VT-ELV), on a flight from Madras to Mumbai, aborted take-off due to a bird-strike and suffered a runway excursion. No fatalities were reported but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[177][181]
  • On 5 March 1999, Air France flight 6745, an ex-UTA Boeing 747-2B3F freighter (registration F-GPAN) from Paris crash-landed and caught fire. The five crew members were rescued by the airport fire service, before the aircraft burned out.[182][177]
  • On 15 June 2007, a British Aerospace ATP freighter (registration VT-FFB) operated by First Flight Couriers crash landed at the airport due to landing gear collapse and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[177][183]

2015 Chennai floods[edit]

Further information: 2015 Chennai floods
Aerial view of submerged Chennai airport

In December 2015, unprecedented rainfall associated with India's North-east monsoon caused extensive flooding of the airport tarmac and runways. The airport was closed for a week to all traffic from 1 to 6 December. About 1,500 passengers and 2,000 airport workers were evacuated as water entered terminal buildings and 30-35 aircraft were stranded on the apron.[184] Military authorities permitted the use of Naval Air Station INS Rajali in Arakkonam, 70 km (43 mi) west of central Chennai and Tambaram Air Force Station 20 km (12 mi) south as relief airports for a limited service of civilian commercial flights as well as official rescue/assistance flights.[185] The Indian Air Force evacuated passengers from Chennai airport to the two military bases for onward journeys on Air Force transport aircraft to other domestic destinations.[186] On 5 December, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation permitted a partial re-opening of the airport during daylight hours under visual meteorological conditions only, allowing airlines to ferry stranded aircraft without passengers or cargo on board. Operations under instrument meteorological conditions were not permitted and rescue and assistance flights, were permitted to operate in and out of the airport from 6 December.[187]

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