Cochin International Airport - Terminals

Terminals

Cochin International Airport has three terminals, where one terminal is for Domestic Passengers and another for International Passengers and there is a cargo terminal spread over an area of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha).

Domestic

The domestic terminal has an area of 13,500 m2 (145,000 sq ft) and is designed to handle up to 400 passengers at peak times. The departure hall has 26 Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) enabled check-in counters, including 6 premium check-in counters, 6 self check in counters. It also has 6 security gates and a common waiting area that can accommodate 600 passengers at a time. A family lounge and a premium lounge for business class passengers are also present. A children's play area and small food court are housed in the waiting area. Twelve gates facility are available for domestic passengers. The arrivals hall has 3 baggage carousels.

International

The international terminal covers an area of 46,451 m2 (499,990 sq ft). Both the departure and arrival halls of the international terminal are designed to accommodate 1800 people each at any given time. The departure hall is equipped with 42 CUTE enabled check-in counters, including 10 premium check-in counters. The airport is the fifth airport in India to install advanced in-line baggage screening systems, replacing conventional x-ray based manual screening. It also has 36 passport control counters, 12 security gates and 12 customs counters. There are four premium lounges for first class and business class passengers. There are 10 gates and 5 jetways. The arrival hall has 24 passport control counters and 4 baggage carousels.

New International Terminal

On 8Sept2012, the director board of CIAL approved the design of the new Int'l terminal which will cost 600 crore (US$109.2 million). The terminal will have two levels, the ground level for arrivals and the top level for departures. It will be able to handle 12 million passengers annually and 4800 passengers during peak hours. It will have 16 aerobridges with a floor area of 92,903 m2 (1,000,000 sq ft). The terminal is expected to manage passenger traffic till 2030.

After the construction of the new international terminal, it is planned to convert the existing international terminal to a domestic terminal and reserve the current domestic terminal for business jets.

Cargo

Cochin Airport has a dedicated cargo center located on the eastern side of the airport complex. The cargo center is one of the largest facilities in the country with a total floor space of 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) in 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land. The cargo terminal handled around 40,000 MT last year, with more than 25% growth. There are three complexes in the cargo village:

• The Center for Dry Cargo (CDC), with an area of 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2), has a dedicated warehousing facility and air-customs inspection facility for both import and export.

• The Center for Perishable Cargo (CPC) is the largest dedicated cold storage center for perishable goods in the country, has a floor area of about 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m2) and can handle approximately 25,000 metric tonnes of cargo. It was commissioned in 2008 at a cost of 38 crore (US$6.92 million) jointly by CIAL, Government of India through Agricultural and Food Promotion Export Development Authority (APEDA) and Government of Kerala.

• The Transshipment Cargo Complex is a dedicated warehouse allocated for transshipment cargo. The import and export cargo from the customs warehouses in the catchment area, as well as from airports like Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore etc., are handled and stored at this centre for export.

In addition, an exclusive domestic cargo complex has also been constructed for private domestic logistics firms and India Post services.