Chennai International Airport - Traffic

Traffic

As of 2011, the annual capacity of the domestic terminal is 6 million passengers, but more than 7 million use it. The airport saw a 9.4 percent increase in passenger movement—from 6.83 million to 7.48 million—between April and October 2011 over the corresponding period in the past year. Currently, the airport handles about 325 aircraft movements a day. During 2010-11, passenger traffic rose 14 percent to 12.05 million and the total number of passengers is expected to touch 13.1 million (a 9-percent increase) in 2012, including 8.6 million in the domestic and 4.5 million in the international terminals.

Chennai airport is the main gateway for the air cargo traffic from the southern region of India which caters to the requirement of Far-East regions, the Europe and the United States, and recently African destinations such as Ethiopia and Nigeria. Cargo handled at Chennai airport included electronic goods, engineering goods, and auto components apart from the traditional leather products and textiles. The airport handled 300,000 tonnes of international cargo and 93,000 tonnes of domestic cargo in 2010-11. This included 160,000 tonnes of export and 140,000 tonnes of import, with a growth of 20 percent. The revenue in 2010-11 was 6,440 million and it is expected to increase to 6,680 million in 2011-12.

Traffic Volume at Chennai Airport
Year Passengers handled Aircraft handled Cargo volume (tons) Mail (tons)
Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
1993-94 1,527,850 846,511 2,374,361 13,471 6,949 20,420 57,281 3,465
1994-95 1,732,449 991,118 2,723,567 18,100 7,563 25,663 61,524 3,622
1995-96 1,834,264 1,195,849 3,030,113 20,672 9,194 29,866 68,813 3,392
1996-97 1,826,449 1,543,055 3,369,504 22,135 9,984 32,119 68,271 3,149
1997-98 1,755,856 1,744,083 3,499,939 20,231 10,862 31,093 74,830 3,065
1998-99 1,788,006 1,736,031 3,524,037 20,653 11,170 31,823 74,141 3,009
1999-00 1,944,844 1,702,534 3,647,378 23,531 11,080 34,611 99,578 3,483
2000-01 2,231,932 1,833,957 4,065,889 25,293 12,063 37,356 105,958 3,110
2001-02 2,043,198 1,741,046 3,784,244 25,617 12,248 37,865 109,138 3,990
2002-03 2,213,409 1,947,937 4,161,346 29,863 14,490 44,353 136,660 3,054
2003-04 2,501,778 2,054,043 4,555,821 36,749 14,502 51,251 154,123 2,758
2004-05 3,233,256 2,394,886 5,628,142 43,122 18,111 61,233 185,870 2,986
2005-06 4,173,345 2,606,632 6,779,977 47,900 21,155 69,055 205,971 3,846
2006-07 6,078,196 2,895,930 8,974,126 76,212 23,553 99,765 238,166 3,269
2007-08 7,209,501 3,410,253 10,619,754 88,175 27,690 115,865 270,408 3,819
2008-09 6,179,282 3,663,908 9,843,190 85,458 30,453 115,911 272,368 4,001
2009-10 6,663,652 3,852,787 10,516,439 78,579 31,640 110,219 313,914 3,823

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