International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Coimbatore Airport Traffic

Name: Coimbatore Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Coimbatore airport handled 2.71 lakh passengers in August 2026, 0.1% more than in August 2025, across 1,698 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 13.87 lakh passengers, 7.4% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #25 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was May 2025, with 3.30 lakh passengers. International flights carried 7.9% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 13,142 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#25of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.87% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

0.1%

2.71 L

2,70,736 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

6.1%

1,698

About 55 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

8.2%

1,090 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

21.6%

22,722

8.4% of all passengers

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

Passengers

7.4%

13.87 L

13,87,119 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

9.0%

8,982

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

0.6%

5,350 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Coimbatore 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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Coimbatore airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	13,87,119	7.4%	8,982	5,350	7.2%
FY 2025-26	34,20,745	5.2%	22,462	13,176	8.7%
FY 2024-25	32,51,450	11.9%	21,833	12,140	8.0%
FY 2023-24	29,04,611	13.6%	18,396	8,922	7.3%
FY 2022-23	25,57,263	98.9%	17,642	8,381	7.6%
FY 2021-22	12,85,922	51.9%	11,020	7,552	5.1%
FY 2020-21	8,46,649	70.2%	8,143	5,997	3.1%
FY 2019-20	28,42,835	5.3%	22,303	12,355	8.4%
FY 2018-19	30,00,882	24.8%	25,253	12,865	7.9%
FY 2017-18	24,03,935	14.2%	21,595	10,461	8.5%
FY 2016-173 months	5,48,569	29.2%	5,275	2,013	6.1%

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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Coimbatore airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	2,70,736	0.1%	2,48,014	22,722	1,698	1,090
Jul 2026	2,56,341	7.5%	2,37,189	19,152	1,575	1,164
Jun 2026	2,74,976	12.0%	2,56,048	18,928	1,731	1,049
May 2026	3,17,777	3.7%	2,98,475	19,302	1,992	1,037
Apr 2026	2,67,289	13.4%	2,48,117	19,172	1,986	1,011
Mar 2026	2,63,847	6.6%	2,48,938	14,909	1,775	1,134
Feb 2026	2,57,891	8.1%	2,37,214	20,677	1,605	1,004
Jan 2026	3,09,464	5.7%	2,82,731	26,733	1,871	961
Dec 2025	2,64,460	9.1%	2,40,689	23,771	1,701	976
Nov 2025	2,90,593	8.6%	2,66,638	23,955	1,836	1,132
Oct 2025	2,75,479	6.4%	2,48,361	27,118	2,032	1,288
Sep 2025	2,60,365	3.6%	2,36,365	24,000	1,774	1,299
Aug 2025	2,70,399	0.1%	2,41,409	28,990	1,809	1,188
Jul 2025	2,76,998	7.9%	2,50,367	26,631	1,824	1,108
Jun 2025	3,12,531	21.2%	2,85,901	26,630	2,027	1,020
May 2025	3,30,037	18.6%	3,01,228	28,809	2,128	1,064
Apr 2025	3,08,681	24.9%	2,83,144	25,537	2,080	1,006
Mar 2025	2,82,368	25.3%	2,56,965	25,403	2,080	1,063
Feb 2025	2,80,678	31.2%	2,57,037	23,641	1,830	945
Jan 2025	2,92,655	28.8%	2,63,192	29,463	2,040	961
Dec 2024	2,90,866	16.6%	2,61,141	29,725	2,047	1,009
Nov 2024	2,65,958	17.6%	2,42,277	23,681	1,876	945
Oct 2024	2,58,823	5.6%	2,35,800	23,023	1,854	1,233
Sep 2024	2,70,135	7.4%	2,51,732	18,403	1,724	1,178
Aug 2024	2,70,013	6.4%	2,50,421	19,592	1,741	1,131
Jul 2024	2,56,673	6.3%	2,42,362	14,311	1,701	1,079
Jun 2024	2,57,788	4.7%	2,40,251	17,537	1,650	937
May 2024	2,78,252	1.8%	2,58,838	19,414	1,679	881
Apr 2024	2,47,241	2.4%	2,29,789	17,452	1,611	779
Mar 2024	2,25,365	3.8%	2,08,467	16,898	1,645	899
Feb 2024	2,13,887	0.8%	1,97,905	15,982	1,507	791
Jan 2024	2,27,137	3.7%	2,09,313	17,824	1,418	716
Dec 2023	2,49,391	11.0%	2,31,314	18,077	1,538	832
Nov 2023	2,26,072	8.5%	2,09,443	16,629	1,495	843
Oct 2023	2,45,063	18.9%	2,27,654	17,409	1,632	926
Sep 2023	2,51,423	13.0%	2,34,685	16,738	1,570	849
Aug 2023	2,53,814	20.2%	2,36,535	17,279	1,580	868
Jul 2023	2,41,432	16.5%	2,22,777	18,655	1,533	785
Jun 2023	2,46,200	15.0%	2,27,793	18,407	1,422	624
May 2023	2,83,283	29.2%	2,64,105	19,178	1,598	404
Apr 2023	2,41,544	23.4%	2,23,533	18,011	1,458	385
Mar 2023	2,17,046	20.1%	2,00,724	16,322	1,648	423
Feb 2023	2,12,165	83.6%	1,96,659	15,506	1,466	396
Jan 2023	2,19,101	109.9%	2,01,694	17,407	1,567	340
Dec 2022	2,24,742	24.3%	2,06,543	18,199	1,401	769
Nov 2022	2,08,300	34.3%	1,92,399	15,901	1,333	776
Oct 2022	2,06,053	56.5%	1,89,277	16,776	1,419	835
Sep 2022	2,22,439	94.6%	2,05,965	16,474	1,426	857
Aug 2022	2,11,120	114.4%	1,95,338	15,782	1,460	852
Jul 2022	2,07,159	221.4%	1,89,215	17,944	1,583	934
Jun 2022	2,14,088	637.2%	1,96,552	17,536	1,607	788
May 2022	2,19,344	799.5%	2,04,851	14,493	1,403	703
Apr 2022	1,95,706	124.7%	1,83,229	12,477	1,329	708
Mar 2022	1,80,650	46.1%	1,70,436	10,214	1,268	828
Feb 2022	1,15,554	12.8%	1,08,784	6,770	785	627
Jan 2022	1,04,370	20.9%	95,884	8,486	1,083	622
Dec 2021	1,80,799	61.8%	1,70,331	10,468	1,406	654
Nov 2021	1,55,157	62.3%	1,47,168	7,989	1,225	575
Oct 2021	1,31,642	72.3%	1,24,818	6,824	1,044	883
Sep 2021	1,14,321	71.5%	1,09,663	4,658	951	760
Aug 2021	98,467	120.4%	96,165	2,302	874	620
Jul 2021	64,457	111.2%	63,244	1,213	530	621
Jun 2021	29,042	2.7%	28,503	539	406	372
May 2021	24,384	440.9%	23,555	829	408	349
Apr 2021	87,079	999+%	81,989	5,090	1,040	641
Mar 2021	1,23,664	13.8%	1,19,029	4,635	1,138	749
Feb 2021	1,32,522	47.4%	1,28,869	3,653	1,028	632
Jan 2021	1,31,986	53.3%	1,28,252	3,734	1,148	578
Dec 2020	1,11,726	61.8%	1,08,479	3,247	987	602
Nov 2020	95,596	62.9%	93,306	2,290	869	639
Oct 2020	76,396	67.5%	74,634	1,762	856	773
Sep 2020	66,669	72.3%	65,466	1,203	734	625
Aug 2020	44,671	82.3%	42,956	1,715	544	548
Jul 2020	30,521	88.0%	27,578	2,943	464	458
Jun 2020	28,277	88.0%	27,077	1,200	295	311
May 2020	4,508	97.5%	4,508	0	78	63
Apr 2020	113	99.9%	0	113	2	19
Mar 2020	1,43,507	39.3%	1,35,436	8,071	1,402	745
Feb 2020	2,52,044	3.1%	2,35,097	16,947	2,027	1,017
Jan 2020	2,82,548	2.7%	2,58,366	24,182	2,231	1,073
Dec 2019	2,92,104	5.0%	2,67,775	24,329	2,176	1,056
Nov 2019	2,57,628	0.3%	2,35,772	21,856	1,922	1,008
Oct 2019	2,35,408	1.6%	2,15,439	19,969	1,830	1,194
Sep 2019	2,40,966	1.6%	2,22,616	18,350	1,720	1,061
Aug 2019	2,52,441	5.0%	2,32,436	20,005	1,860	1,111
Jul 2019	2,54,564	9.6%	2,35,142	19,422	1,897	985
Jun 2019	2,35,388	4.9%	2,12,992	22,396	1,728	1,083
May 2019	1,77,264	33.3%	1,54,768	22,496	1,884	1,059
Apr 2019	2,18,973	11.0%	1,98,764	20,209	1,626	963
Mar 2019	2,36,539	3.4%	2,18,372	18,167	1,752	1,101
Feb 2019	2,44,350	10.6%	2,27,488	16,862	1,872	962
Jan 2019	2,74,991	27.3%	2,54,612	20,379	2,276	953
Dec 2018	2,78,276	23.3%	2,56,332	21,944	2,235	1,021
Nov 2018	2,58,275	28.1%	2,38,593	19,682	2,220	921
Oct 2018	2,39,349	26.0%	2,21,591	17,758	2,163	1,261
Sep 2018	2,37,258	29.7%	2,19,773	17,485	1,960	1,233
Aug 2018	2,40,431	36.6%	2,19,729	20,702	1,935	1,150
Jul 2018	2,32,187	25.5%	2,13,535	18,652	1,910	1,255
Jun 2018	2,47,551	32.3%	2,26,518	21,033	2,322	1,038
May 2018	2,65,657	29.0%	2,41,292	24,365	2,386	1,081
Apr 2018	2,46,018	33.7%	2,25,837	20,181	2,222	889
Mar 2018	2,28,723	31.9%	2,11,494	17,229	2,153	968
Feb 2018	2,20,996	29.5%	2,01,119	19,877	1,963	853
Jan 2018	2,16,081	5.6%	1,91,854	24,227	2,138	760
Dec 2017	2,25,607	20.2%	1,99,558	26,049	2,068	993
Nov 2017	2,01,583	16.0%	1,83,948	17,635	1,924	902
Oct 2017	1,89,974	12.8%	1,74,500	15,474	1,844	876
Sep 2017	1,82,963	5.2%	1,67,177	15,786	1,612	923
Aug 2017	1,76,036	1.3%	1,60,754	15,282	1,518	916
Jul 2017	1,84,979	2.5%	1,71,020	13,959	1,566	834
Jun 2017	1,87,144	14.1%	1,74,642	12,502	1,562	811
May 2017	2,05,879	16.9%	1,92,479	13,400	1,664	818
Apr 2017	1,83,970	19.8%	1,71,649	12,321	1,583	807
Mar 2017	1,73,348	27.2%	1,63,070	10,278	1,729	823
Feb 2017	1,70,655	22.6%	1,60,715	9,940	1,642	693
Jan 2017	2,04,566	37.1%	1,91,171	13,395	1,904	497

Coimbatore airport: common questions

How many passengers used Coimbatore airport in August 2026?

2,70,736 passengers (2,48,014 domestic and 22,722 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 0.1% more than in August 2025.

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

13,87,119 passengers from April to August 2026, 7.4% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #25 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Coimbatore airport's busiest month?

May 2025, with 3,30,037 passengers and 2,128 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Coimbatore airport have international flights?

Yes. 2,60,439 international passengers used Coimbatore airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 7.9% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Coimbatore airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Coimbatore airport recorded 1,698 movements in August 2026, about 55 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.