International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Chennai Airport Traffic

Name: Chennai Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Chennai airport handled 16.82 lakh passengers in August 2026, 11.1% fewer than in August 2025, across 11,254 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 86.54 lakh passengers, 10.6% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #5 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was December 2019, with 20.96 lakh passengers. International flights carried 27.0% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 4,41,594 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#5of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

5.42% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

11.1%

16.82 L

16,81,835 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

14.9%

11,254

About 363 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

15.7%

41,880 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

7.3%

4,88,949

29.1% of all passengers

FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026), compared with the same months a year earlier

Passengers

10.6%

86.54 L

86,54,041 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

12.6%

59,391

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

10.6%

1,99,728 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Chennai airport, month by month

Every monthly AAI report since January 2017, split into domestic and international.

Monthly traffic

The dashed line is the same month a year earlier. Drag the slider to see other years.

Year by year

Financial years (April to March), split into domestic and international, with the change from the previous year.

Hatched columns are partial years; their growth compares the same months a year earlier.

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Chennai airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	86,54,041	10.6%	59,391	1,99,728	27.9%
FY 2025-26	2,30,17,324	2.7%	1,58,702	4,22,516	26.7%
FY 2024-25	2,24,11,290	5.7%	1,56,126	3,77,542	26.1%
FY 2023-24	2,12,07,262	14.2%	1,45,790	3,40,544	27.7%
FY 2022-23	1,85,71,393	94.8%	1,37,693	3,42,737	26.2%
FY 2021-22	95,33,301	73.5%	91,602	3,49,964	17.6%
FY 2020-21	54,95,707	75.3%	64,590	2,89,687	10.8%
FY 2019-20	2,22,66,722	1.2%	1,67,982	3,55,194	26.0%
FY 2018-19	2,25,43,822	10.7%	1,78,079	4,11,613	26.4%
FY 2017-18	2,03,61,482	10.9%	1,55,123	4,17,787	27.1%
FY 2016-173 months	47,19,399	15.4%	37,348	93,250	26.8%

Month by month

Seasonality across every year on record, and how each month compares with a year earlier.

Each square is one month; darker means busier. Hover for the exact figure and the change from a year earlier.

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Chennai airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	16,81,835	11.1%	11,92,886	4,88,949	11,254	41,880
Jul 2026	16,49,501	12.4%	11,63,893	4,85,608	10,747	41,492
Jun 2026	16,78,544	12.7%	12,00,430	4,78,114	11,535	39,325
May 2026	19,04,259	6.7%	13,93,100	5,11,159	13,025	38,736
Apr 2026	17,39,902	10.5%	12,88,967	4,50,935	12,830	38,295
Mar 2026	17,75,631	7.0%	13,66,310	4,09,321	12,736	38,903
Feb 2026	18,16,593	2.4%	13,44,715	4,71,878	11,962	33,619
Jan 2026	20,77,076	0.6%	15,01,868	5,75,208	13,263	32,896
Dec 2025	19,10,428	7.3%	13,64,727	5,45,701	12,712	35,405
Nov 2025	20,28,569	10.2%	15,24,980	5,03,589	13,390	34,171
Oct 2025	19,02,521	6.1%	13,92,654	5,09,867	13,790	33,273
Sep 2025	18,23,304	2.1%	13,17,915	5,05,389	12,916	33,599
Aug 2025	18,91,833	2.6%	13,64,097	5,27,736	13,218	36,204
Jul 2025	18,83,611	3.9%	13,54,143	5,29,468	13,005	37,613
Jun 2025	19,23,505	7.8%	14,10,205	5,13,300	13,662	34,793
May 2025	20,41,235	6.6%	14,85,777	5,55,458	14,232	36,552
Apr 2025	19,43,018	11.6%	14,47,202	4,95,816	13,816	35,488
Mar 2025	19,09,441	7.2%	14,37,411	4,72,030	14,259	38,018
Feb 2025	18,60,811	6.3%	13,91,003	4,69,808	12,690	29,452
Jan 2025	20,64,961	9.8%	15,21,680	5,43,281	14,148	28,607
Dec 2024	20,60,635	12.5%	15,28,623	5,32,012	14,080	32,214
Nov 2024	18,40,035	5.6%	13,65,412	4,74,623	12,849	29,687
Oct 2024	17,93,874	6.2%	13,40,740	4,53,134	13,147	32,766
Sep 2024	17,85,554	5.1%	13,40,617	4,44,937	12,539	31,970
Aug 2024	18,43,337	5.1%	13,57,220	4,86,117	12,792	31,607
Jul 2024	18,13,638	6.2%	13,10,132	5,03,506	12,511	32,854
Jun 2024	17,84,457	2.1%	12,93,987	4,90,470	12,149	31,147
May 2024	19,13,964	0.9%	13,86,609	5,27,355	12,655	30,669
Apr 2024	17,40,583	0.7%	12,82,512	4,58,071	12,307	28,550
Mar 2024	17,81,706	3.4%	13,01,757	4,79,949	12,621	33,051
Feb 2024	17,51,280	8.9%	12,73,459	4,77,821	11,728	29,915
Jan 2024	18,79,949	7.4%	13,40,350	5,39,599	12,436	27,842
Dec 2023	18,31,833	7.0%	13,15,616	5,16,217	11,935	28,024
Nov 2023	17,42,736	10.4%	12,63,346	4,79,390	12,091	26,906
Oct 2023	16,89,485	10.1%	12,27,827	4,61,658	12,485	27,754
Sep 2023	16,98,206	14.1%	12,36,030	4,62,176	12,091	27,291
Aug 2023	17,53,115	19.4%	12,58,319	4,94,796	12,046	27,509
Jul 2023	17,07,219	17.7%	11,88,453	5,18,766	11,878	27,644
Jun 2023	17,46,973	20.2%	12,48,751	4,98,222	11,769	27,769
May 2023	18,96,432	29.8%	13,78,274	5,18,158	12,520	28,872
Apr 2023	17,28,328	28.8%	12,96,002	4,32,326	12,190	27,967
Mar 2023	17,23,418	33.5%	12,86,312	4,37,106	12,849	32,236
Feb 2023	16,07,754	75.6%	11,99,673	4,08,081	11,534	25,515
Jan 2023	17,50,994	108.0%	12,85,261	4,65,733	12,621	23,593
Dec 2022	17,12,571	32.9%	12,55,135	4,57,436	12,110	27,152
Nov 2022	15,78,468	46.7%	11,70,209	4,08,259	11,607	26,475
Oct 2022	15,34,646	61.1%	11,19,715	4,14,931	11,322	26,826
Sep 2022	14,88,002	87.6%	10,85,932	4,02,070	10,873	29,361
Aug 2022	14,68,723	108.5%	10,55,237	4,13,486	10,920	29,173
Jul 2022	14,50,372	190.1%	10,20,516	4,29,856	10,940	31,055
Jun 2022	14,53,409	418.5%	10,64,720	3,88,689	11,073	30,661
May 2022	14,61,219	550.9%	11,15,453	3,45,766	11,255	30,112
Apr 2022	13,41,817	101.6%	10,50,596	2,91,221	10,589	30,578
Mar 2022	12,90,483	52.2%	10,16,286	2,74,197	9,918	32,351
Feb 2022	9,15,618	7.9%	7,21,490	1,94,128	7,229	25,272
Jan 2022	8,41,658	4.1%	6,35,491	2,06,167	8,485	25,780
Dec 2021	12,88,947	67.7%	10,42,560	2,46,387	10,428	29,264
Nov 2021	10,75,811	72.8%	8,93,688	1,82,123	9,526	26,993
Oct 2021	9,52,718	84.1%	7,96,015	1,56,703	8,545	32,546
Sep 2021	7,93,215	104.2%	6,75,913	1,17,302	7,599	32,879
Aug 2021	7,04,327	178.6%	6,21,095	83,232	6,884	30,444
Jul 2021	4,99,988	175.5%	4,46,697	53,291	5,967	30,245
Jun 2021	2,80,323	79.9%	2,46,995	33,328	4,346	26,504
May 2021	2,24,485	680.8%	1,86,079	38,406	4,264	26,222
Apr 2021	6,65,728	999+%	5,76,348	89,380	8,411	31,464
Mar 2021	8,48,018	18.7%	7,41,962	1,06,056	9,433	35,674
Feb 2021	8,48,478	54.6%	7,57,592	90,886	8,404	29,513
Jan 2021	8,78,016	57.6%	7,77,635	1,00,381	9,116	28,717
Dec 2020	7,68,482	63.3%	6,73,556	94,926	8,689	32,127
Nov 2020	6,22,569	68.7%	5,56,703	65,866	7,125	28,851
Oct 2020	5,17,433	72.4%	4,72,342	45,091	6,183	30,228
Sep 2020	3,88,419	79.0%	3,58,607	29,812	4,843	28,044
Aug 2020	2,52,769	87.1%	2,32,851	19,918	3,589	23,454
Jul 2020	1,81,476	90.7%	1,63,820	17,656	3,029	20,337
Jun 2020	1,55,836	91.8%	1,45,372	10,464	2,688	16,559
May 2020	28,752	98.5%	23,002	5,750	1,047	11,463
Apr 2020	5,459	99.7%	694	4,765	444	4,720
Mar 2020	10,43,163	39.3%	8,38,903	2,04,260	10,331	24,564
Feb 2020	18,70,409	2.7%	14,20,072	4,50,337	14,303	27,562
Jan 2020	20,71,998	3.7%	15,20,275	5,51,723	15,461	27,961
Dec 2019	20,96,458	4.0%	15,45,835	5,50,623	15,201	30,147
Nov 2019	19,87,002	11.8%	14,87,523	4,99,479	14,609	29,574
Oct 2019	18,71,871	0.4%	13,79,897	4,91,974	14,654	30,667
Sep 2019	18,53,121	0.4%	13,74,679	4,78,442	13,905	29,279
Aug 2019	19,52,673	3.8%	14,21,479	5,31,194	14,305	30,215
Jul 2019	19,59,176	1.1%	14,28,539	5,30,637	14,164	31,909
Jun 2019	19,07,141	4.6%	14,00,670	5,06,471	13,866	30,085
May 2019	19,38,405	3.7%	14,12,599	5,25,806	13,943	31,350
Apr 2019	17,15,305	6.2%	12,36,864	4,78,441	13,240	31,881
Mar 2019	17,19,693	7.4%	12,48,693	4,71,000	14,053	36,787
Feb 2019	18,21,283	5.5%	13,68,146	4,53,137	13,450	29,485
Jan 2019	19,97,591	5.2%	14,68,050	5,29,541	15,277	29,541
Dec 2018	20,16,771	11.1%	14,87,727	5,29,044	15,423	31,360
Nov 2018	17,77,740	9.0%	12,94,069	4,83,671	15,015	31,222
Oct 2018	18,79,517	17.1%	14,08,338	4,71,179	15,784	36,549
Sep 2018	18,45,246	14.3%	13,84,777	4,60,469	14,932	35,412
Aug 2018	18,81,836	18.7%	13,64,769	5,17,067	14,880	36,981
Jul 2018	19,37,743	18.6%	14,22,726	5,15,017	14,764	37,670
Jun 2018	18,23,714	13.4%	13,31,082	4,92,632	14,959	35,816
May 2018	20,13,157	13.5%	14,68,773	5,44,384	15,257	36,064
Apr 2018	18,29,531	13.4%	13,54,180	4,75,351	14,285	34,726
Mar 2018	18,56,330	18.1%	13,86,793	4,69,537	14,992	38,785
Feb 2018	17,26,663	19.9%	12,88,017	4,38,646	13,050	32,267
Jan 2018	18,98,450	11.2%	13,81,653	5,16,797	14,042	32,252
Dec 2017	18,14,754	16.0%	13,13,452	5,01,302	13,579	33,060
Nov 2017	16,30,846	6.2%	12,11,049	4,19,797	12,763	34,579
Oct 2017	16,05,684	7.1%	11,71,079	4,34,605	13,116	35,133
Sep 2017	16,14,785	7.3%	11,78,322	4,36,463	12,359	35,528
Aug 2017	15,84,976	2.0%	11,12,549	4,72,427	12,101	36,184
Jul 2017	16,33,933	3.5%	11,72,430	4,61,503	12,309	37,461
Jun 2017	16,07,826	11.4%	11,55,771	4,52,055	11,949	35,569
May 2017	17,73,423	13.5%	12,81,038	4,92,385	12,642	34,433
Apr 2017	16,13,812	15.1%	11,87,664	4,26,148	12,221	32,536
Mar 2017	15,72,260	13.7%	11,61,219	4,11,041	12,996	36,730
Feb 2017	14,40,267	9.8%	10,55,267	3,85,000	11,530	28,734
Jan 2017	17,06,872	22.3%	12,39,920	4,66,952	12,822	27,786

Chennai airport: common questions

How many passengers used Chennai airport in August 2026?

16,81,835 passengers (11,92,886 domestic and 4,88,949 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 11.1% fewer than in August 2025.

How many passengers has Chennai airport handled in FY 2026-27?

86,54,041 passengers from April to August 2026, 10.6% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #5 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Chennai airport's busiest month?

December 2019, with 20,96,458 passengers and 15,201 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Chennai airport have international flights?

Yes. 59,35,718 international passengers used Chennai airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 27.0% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Chennai airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Chennai airport recorded 11,254 movements in August 2026, about 363 a day.

Where does this data come from?

From the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic reports. This page is updated when a new report is published; the latest covers August 2026.

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Source: Airports Authority of India, monthly traffic reports. Passengers count everyone arriving or departing; aircraft movements count take-offs and landings; cargo is freight loaded and unloaded, in tonnes.