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Chennai International Airport
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IATA: MAA - ICAO: VOMM
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<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">AAI</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Chennai</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL32 ft (10 m)
Coordinates12°59′41″N, 80°10′31″E
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
ftm
07/2512,0003,658Asphalt
12/306,6682,033Asphalt/Concrete

Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is located in Meenambakkam, 7 km south of Chennai, India. It has the IATA Airport Code MAA and it is the third most important international gateway into the country after Mumbai and Delhi, and the main air hub for south India, handling just under 10 million passengers in 2005. It is also an important cargo terminus for the country second only to Mumbai. Chennai is also a hub airport for Jet Airways, Indian (formerly Indian Airlines), Air Deccan, Air Sahara and internationally, for Air India.


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History

Chennai had one of the first airports in India, and was the final destination of Air India's first flight from Bombay via Belgaum in 1954.

The first passenger terminal was built at the northeast side of the airfield, which lies in the suburb of Meenambakkam due to which it was referred to as Meenambakkam Airport. A new terminal complex was subsequently built further south near Pallavaram to which passenger operations were shifted. The old terminal building is now used as a cargo terminal and is the base for the Indian courier company Blue Dart.

Structure

Chennai International Airport consists of three terminals: The old terminal at Meenambakkam is used for cargo, while the new passenger terminal complex near pallavaram is used for passenger operations. The passenger terminal complex consists of the domestic and international terminals interconnected by a link building, which houses administrative offices and a restaurant. Although the complex is one continuous structure, it was built at different periods.

The first part to be built was the International terminal which had two aerobridges, followed by the domestic terminal with three aerobridges. After the completion of the domestic terminal, the old terminal at Meenambakkam was used exclusively for cargo. Recently the International terminal was extended further south by adding a new block which includes three aerobridges. At present, the new international block is used for departures while the older building is used for arrivals.

The airport has the honour of being the first ISO 9001:2000 certified airport in the country[1], which it received in 2001.

Chennai International Airport: The three language (Tamil, English and Hindi) name board at the Tirusulam railwaystation
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The three language (Tamil, English and Hindi) name board at the Tirusulam railwaystation

The airport is situated on the busy Chennai - Trichy National Highway [NH 45] and is also served by the airport station (Tirusulam) on the Suburban railway network.

Chennai Airport Expansion

Residents fear that going by the statement showing the total area of land proposed for the airport expansion prepared by the Airports Authority of India in November 2005, almost the whole of Gowl Bazaar and half of Pozhichalur would be taken up.

According to the statement, about 107 hectares (ha) of Gowl Bazaar (total area 122 ha) and 111 ha of Pozhichalur (total area 249 ha) were needed for the project. Further, the requirement was 14 ha in Anakaputhur (298 ha), 8 hectares in Cantonment Pallavaram (385 ha) and 2 hectares in Pammal (520 ha). Of the total requirement of 244 ha in Tambaram Taluk (above mentioned places), 189 ha was patta land, while 50 ha was classified as poromboke and about 5 ha belonged to the Central Government. In Sriperumbudur Taluk, the land needed for acquisition in the proposed scheme was 129 ha. Eleven hectares were needed in Tarapakkam (total area 125 ha); 21 in Manapakkam (410 ha); 52 in Kolapakkam (316 ha) and 43 in Gerugambakkam (393 ha).

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Terminals

Domestic flights in Chennai International Airport are handled at the Kamaraj Domestic Terminal (KDT), while the Anna International Terminal (AIT) is for international flights. The old terminal at Meenambakkam is used for cargo operations.

Kamaraj Terminal (Domestic)

Anna Terminal (International)

Cargo Terminal

Destinations

Chennai International Airport, being the third busiest in the country, serves over 40 destinations across 4 continents. It serves the maximum number of destinations after Indira Gandhi International Airport and Mumbai Airport.

Airports in India
International airports: Agra - AGR1 | Ahmedabad – AMD | Amritsar - ATQ | Bangalore – BLR | Calicut – CCJ | Chennai – MAA | Guwahati - GAU | Gaya - GAY1 | Goa - GOI | Hyderabad - HYD | Indore – IDR1 | Jaipur – JAI1 | Kochi - COK | Kolkata – CCU | Lucknow - LOK1 | Mumbai – BOM | New Delhi – DEL | Patna – PAT1 | Thiruvananthapuram – TRV | Varanasi – VNS1
(1)Designated as customs airports. A few International flights operates from here.

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