About Chennai International Airport in Chennai, Chennai

Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area. It is the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of total passenger traffic after airports at Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. It is the 49th busiest airport in Asia for CY 2016. In the fiscal year 2016-17, the airport handled over 18.3 million passengers. Over 400 aircraft movements are handled by the airport per day. Third busiest Airport in terms of cargo handling in india.The domestic and the international terminals are named after former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu K. Kamaraj and C. N. Annadurai respectively. It was the first airport in India to have international and domestic terminals located adjacent to each other. This airport serves as the regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India for South India comprising the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala and the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.

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