Airports in Tamil Nadu

Ancient temples, classical dance, filter coffee.

CapitalChennaiRegionSouth IndiaLanguagesTamilPopulation8.2 croreAirports3

Chennai International Airport

Chennai · MAA

international Metro

Coimbatore International Airport

Coimbatore · CJB

international

Madurai International Airport

Madurai · IXM

international

Tourism gateway

Why travellers fly into Tamil Nadu

Chennai (MAA), Coimbatore (CJB), Madurai (IXM) and Tiruchirappalli (TRZ) between them cover the whole state — temples, hill stations, coastal towns and Puducherry.

Meenakshi Temple, MaduraiMahabalipuram (UNESCO)Ooty & CoonoorPuducherry (French quarter)Kanyakumari sunrise & sunset

Metro

Chennai Metro Blue Line serves MAA — the airport station is a short 400 m covered walk from T1.

Official site

Rail

Chennai Central (MAS) and Egmore (MS) are the primary stations; Southern Railway serves the entire state.

Airport taxi

Chennai Airport prepaid taxi inside Arrivals; Uber, Ola, Rapido and Fast Track Call Taxi are all widely available.

Nearest airport by city

MAA

Chennai

Chennai International (MAA)

Distance

21 km

CJB

Coimbatore

Coimbatore International (CJB)

Distance

10 km

IXM

Madurai

Madurai Airport (IXM)

Distance

12 km

TRZ

Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli International (TRZ)

Distance

8 km

More airports in South India

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State intelligence: IndianAirports.com state directory. Airport records carry their own source and last-verified dates.