List of airports in Kerala explained

Kerala state has four operational international airports as of 2023 and is, along with Tamil Nadu, an Indian state with four international airports.[1] Kerala is also the only state with the closest proximity to multiple international/domestic airports in the country. All four international airports lie in very close proximity, which makes it easy for the people in Kerala to access air travel. The state also has four defence airports that are widely used by the Indian Armed Forces. Airports in Kerala[2] provide domestic transport, support tourism in Kerala and also serve the high number of expatriates belonging to the state. The presently operating airports in the state of Kerala are as follows:

The first airport was started in Quilon during the 1920s but ceased operation when an accident involving a training aircraft at the boundary of the aerodrome resulted in the death of the pilot and the trainee.[3] There are two defence airports also situated in Kerala, each being operated by the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.

Cities servedICAOIATAAirport nameCategoryOwnershipStatusImage
Kannur, Kalpetta, Madikeri (Karnataka)VOKNCNNKannur International AirportInternationalPPPOperational
INA EzhimalaDefenceIndian NavyOperational
Kannur Territory AerodromeDefenceIndian ArmyOperational
Kochi, ThrissurVOCICOKCochin International AirportInternationalPPPOperational
VOCCINS GarudaDefenceIndian NavyOperational
KollamKollam AirportDomesticTravancore KingdomClosed[4] [5]
Kottayam,PathanamthittaSabarimala International Greenfield AirportFuturePPPFuture
IdukkiAirstrip NCC (India)Operational
Malappuram,Kozhikode,PalakkadVOCLCCJKozhikode International AirportInternationalAAIOperational
KozhikodeThiruvambady International AirportFuturePPP
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)VOTVTRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportInternationalPPP (Owner: AAI Operator: ATIAL Adani Group)Operational
Southern Air CommandDefenceIndian Air ForceOperational
KasargodBekal AirportFutureFuture
Kozhikode,MalappuramChelari Airport[6] [7] [8] DomesticBirla GroupClosed

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kerala set to get a fourth international airport in Kannur . Hindustan Times . 2015-12-29 . 2017-04-11.
  2. Web site: Airports in Kerala . Iris Holidays . 2019-11-29 . 2019-12-11.
  3. Web site: Aviation school proposal evokes mixed response . The Hindu . 2009-06-08 . 2017-04-11.
  4. Web site: Runway: Team visits Asramam Maidan . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107020711/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article105423.ece . dead . 7 November 2014 . TNIE . 2017-04-11.
  5. Web site: 'Asramam Maidan not suitable for airport' . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727055933/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article107040.ece . dead . 27 July 2014 . TNIE . 2017-04-11.
  6. https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/facebook-riyas-aboobacker-post-about-chelari-airport-constructed-in-1962-nj-270623.html
  7. https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/flight-crash-in-chelari-548599
  8. https://nalamidam.net/these-are-the-historical-routes-from-which-the-chelari-airport-took-off/

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