Back مطار كوتشين Arabic কোচিন আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর Bengali/Bangla Cochin International Airport CEB Flughafen Kochi (Indien) German Aeropuerto Internacional de Cochín Spanish Cochini rahvusvaheline lennujaam Estonian فرودگاه بین‌المللی کوچین Persian Kochin kansainvälinen lentoasema Finnish Aéroport international de Cochin French कोचीन अंतर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र Hindi

Cochin International Airport

For the regional airport in Kōchi, Japan, see Kōchi Airport.

Cochin International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic-private partnership (PPP)
Owner/Operator
ServesKochi
LocationNedumbassery, Kochi, Kerala, India
Opened10 June 1999 (1999-06-10)
Focus city forAir India
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL9 m / 30 ft
Coordinates10°09′12.00″N 76°23′17.39″E / 10.1533333°N 76.3881639°E / 10.1533333; 76.3881639
Websitewww.cial.aero
Map
COK/VOCI is located in Kerala
COK/VOCI
COK/VOCI
COK/VOCI is located in India
COK/VOCI
COK/VOCI
COK/VOCI is located in Asia
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,445 11,302 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 19 63 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers10,365,655 (Increase 17.6%)
Aircraft movements67,469 (Increase 15.8%)
Cargo tonnage59,974 (Increase 5.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI) — popularly known as Kochi International Airport, Kochi Airport or Nedumbassery Airport — is an international airport serving the city of Kochi, Kerala, in southwestern India. It is located at Nedumbassery, about 25 km (16 mi) northeast of the city center. The airport is the first of its kind to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model in India. This project was funded by nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians from 32 countries.[4] It is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala. As of 2024, the airport caters to more than 63% of the total air passenger traffic in Kerala.[5] It is the fifth-busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic,[6] and the eighth-busiest overall.

In fiscal year 2023–2024, the airport handled more than 10.3 million passengers with a total of 67,469 aircraft movements.[5][1] As of 2024, the airport is served by over 25 airline companies, carrying passengers to 31 international destinations and 22 domestic destinations.

The airport operates three passenger terminals and one cargo terminal with a total area of over 225,000 square metres (2,421,880 sq ft).[7] In 2015, the airport became the world's first fully solar-powered airport with the inauguration of a dedicated solar plant.[8][9] For this entrepreneurial vision, the airport won the coveted Champion of the Earth award in 2018, the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations.[10] The airport was awarded The Best Airport in Asia-Pacific in 2020 (5 to 15 million passengers per year) by Airports Council International.[11]

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  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Airports in Kerala-Helpful guide for tourists visiting Kerala". 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Crore plus transit CIAL in 2018-19; domestic travellers exceed international". The New Indian Express. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Why September will be a watershed moment for Bengaluru airport". Mint (newspaper). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Cochin International Airport new T3: From solar power to world-class facilities, this Kerala airport is special". Financial Express. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Cochin International Airport set to become worlds's first fully solar-powered major airport". LiveMint. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  9. ^ Menon, Supriya (9 October 2015). "How is the world's first solar powered airport faring? - BBC News". BBC News. Bbc.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. ^ "CIAL chosen for UN environmental honour". The New Indian Express. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. ^ "2020 - Best Airport by Size and Region". ACI World. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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