JV international airport AAI data, Dec 2018 to Aug 2026

Kannur Airport Traffic

Kannur airport handled 1.23 lakh passengers in August 2026, 14.7% fewer than in August 2025, across 876 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 4.62 lakh passengers, 33.8% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #47 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was August 2019, with 1.59 lakh passengers. International flights carried 62.7% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 2,370 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India
#47of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.40% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers
14.7%
1.23 L

1,22,664 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements
22.6%
876

About 28 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo
41.0%
248 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers
18.2%
86,444

70.5% of all passengers

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

Passengers
33.8%
4.62 L

4,62,056 over 5 months

Aircraft movements
36.2%
3,641

Take-offs and landings

Cargo
59.2%
775 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Kannur airport, month by month

Every monthly AAI report since December 2018, 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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Kannur airport traffic by financial year
Financial yearPassengersvs previous yearMovementsCargo (t)International
FY 2026-275 months4,62,05633.8%3,64177559.4%
FY 2025-2614,34,1686.7%11,7193,49867.9%
FY 2024-2513,44,02114.1%11,5554,42471.7%
FY 2023-2411,77,8916.3%10,9713,30764.9%
FY 2022-2312,57,08657.3%12,0243,91267.9%
FY 2021-227,99,12266.1%9,8101,55965.4%
FY 2020-214,81,08469.6%6,316061.5%
FY 2019-2015,83,600606.0%15,131050.9%
FY 2018-194 months2,24,302New2,045039.7%

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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Kannur airport monthly traffic, newest first
MonthPassengersvs last yearDomesticInternationalMovementsCargo (t)
Aug 20261,22,66414.7%36,22086,444876248
Jul 20261,08,15923.1%30,31077,849842201
Jun 202682,19734.9%35,40446,793670117
May 202687,25941.0%42,27744,98266796
Apr 202661,77755.5%43,52818,249586114
Mar 202639,53261.5%34,2035,32947229
Feb 202699,6347.2%35,13564,499806195
Jan 20261,24,9654.6%42,22382,742886207
Dec 20251,17,3122.3%38,95978,353870168
Nov 20251,08,9704.3%35,63773,333838233
Oct 20251,21,56916.4%38,89382,6761,052355
Sep 20251,24,62710.2%34,87789,7501,091409
Aug 20251,43,76020.4%38,0641,05,6961,132420
Jul 20251,40,65722.5%33,5961,07,0611,187337
Jun 20251,26,34813.5%37,93888,4101,119288
May 20251,47,91628.6%46,9231,00,9931,208425
Apr 20251,38,87838.5%44,32994,5491,058432
Mar 20251,02,7907.2%32,59570,1951,018320
Feb 20251,07,41410.1%35,45771,957902308
Jan 20251,30,98017.5%41,06289,9181,052336
Dec 20241,20,11213.9%38,36681,7461,019184
Nov 20241,04,4575.8%26,23778,220925234
Oct 20241,04,40914.6%24,75479,655971382
Sep 20241,13,07123.3%29,99883,073966433
Aug 20241,19,37217.8%30,05989,3131,006441
Jul 20241,14,78622.7%28,62686,160967646
Jun 20241,11,35936.2%27,98883,371972388
May 20241,15,00024.9%31,35883,642890401
Apr 20241,00,27114.5%33,44866,823867352
Mar 202495,88816.1%32,67263,216946324
Feb 202497,5498.4%35,12862,421949252
Jan 20241,11,47210.5%41,60969,8631,014190
Dec 20231,05,4238.7%41,91863,5051,005204
Nov 202398,7690.0%32,93165,838937218
Oct 202391,1050.7%29,58861,517899266
Sep 202391,6795.2%34,04357,636862305
Aug 20231,01,3579.3%39,15562,202896348
Jul 202393,55514.3%36,31957,236882264
Jun 202381,74419.7%25,67956,065799248
May 202392,0408.3%28,55463,486788307
Apr 20231,17,31034.3%35,75881,552994381
Mar 20231,14,29219.3%32,24782,0451,011380
Feb 20231,06,54059.8%31,16975,371953300
Jan 20231,24,54756.8%36,42688,1211,064308
Dec 20221,15,45919.7%36,98078,4791,059243
Nov 202298,75912.2%31,03467,7251,009207
Oct 202290,49412.0%28,02262,472996310
Sep 202296,67334.7%34,01662,657973374
Aug 20221,11,69293.2%37,32274,3701,057424
Jul 20221,09,150158.5%34,89574,2551,070376
Jun 20221,01,749216.4%32,36669,383993342
May 20221,00,397270.0%34,59365,804905344
Apr 202287,33443.6%34,92552,409934304
Mar 202295,79940.0%31,66864,131995377
Feb 202266,6843.8%17,86548,819687414
Jan 202279,41713.4%23,70955,708898271
Dec 202196,49445.9%34,77161,723973167
Nov 202188,04865.4%31,51356,535915231
Oct 202180,79885.6%26,77454,02491499
Sep 202171,765134.6%21,16650,5998450
Aug 202157,811111.0%21,38836,4237980
Jul 202142,22077.9%18,25923,9617730
Jun 202132,1549.2%13,34718,8076240
May 202127,134526.4%11,11816,0165850
Apr 202160,798New24,91435,8848030
Mar 202168,44214.7%24,32644,1167860
Feb 202164,22742.2%24,09340,1347030
Jan 202170,00848.6%27,88942,1198120
Dec 202066,14052.1%28,28237,8587470
Nov 202053,23660.5%21,72631,5107170
Oct 202043,53268.1%16,85526,6776590
Sep 202030,59378.0%15,08115,5124730
Aug 202027,40482.8%9,92017,4844530
Jul 202023,73683.2%8,65915,0774100
Jun 202029,43478.7%7,31222,1224630
May 20204,33297.1%8473,485830
Apr 20200100.0%00100
Mar 202059,68628.6%26,72632,9607430
Feb 20201,11,18990.6%44,32966,8601,1130
Jan 20201,36,178166.2%54,05682,1221,2580
Dec 20191,38,104341.6%57,54780,5571,2700
Nov 20191,34,850New64,08470,7661,3640
Oct 20191,36,279New70,50365,7761,3760
Sep 20191,39,197New67,29571,9021,3040
Aug 20191,59,051New79,59279,4591,4200
Jul 20191,41,569New73,35168,2181,3750
Jun 20191,38,392New72,89365,4991,3510
May 20191,47,733New86,24861,4851,3370
Apr 20191,41,372New81,03660,3361,2200
Mar 201983,537New47,07936,4588170
Feb 201958,343New41,17417,1695890
Jan 201951,151New30,91720,2344170
Dec 201831,271New16,00515,2662220

Kannur airport: common questions

How many passengers used Kannur airport in August 2026?

1,22,664 passengers (36,220 domestic and 86,444 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 14.7% fewer than in August 2025.

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

4,62,056 passengers from April to August 2026, 33.8% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #47 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Kannur airport's busiest month?

August 2019, with 1,59,051 passengers and 1,420 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since December 2018.

Does Kannur airport have international flights?

Yes. 7,50,999 international passengers used Kannur airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 62.7% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Kannur airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Kannur airport recorded 876 movements in August 2026, about 28 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. AAI has listed this airport as KANNUR (KIAL), KANNUR(KIAL); the figures are combined here.