International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Madurai Airport Traffic

Madurai airport handled 1.05 lakh passengers in August 2026, 2.6% fewer than in August 2025, across 678 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 5.19 lakh passengers, 12.3% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #43 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was May 2018, with 1.49 lakh passengers. International flights carried 10.8% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 4,721 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India
#43of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.34% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers
2.6%
1.05 L

1,05,228 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements
39.3%
678

About 22 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo
42.9%
389 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers
47.0%
9,677

9.2% of all passengers

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

Passengers
12.3%
5.19 L

5,18,537 over 5 months

Aircraft movements
21.6%
4,748

Take-offs and landings

Cargo
17.7%
1,843 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Madurai 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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Madurai airport traffic by financial year
Financial yearPassengersvs previous yearMovementsCargo (t)International
FY 2026-275 months5,18,53712.3%4,7481,8436.1%
FY 2025-2613,88,0620.8%13,1054,25614.0%
FY 2024-2513,99,0468.8%13,5133,49516.4%
FY 2023-2412,85,97613.0%11,9273,16917.7%
FY 2022-2311,38,00567.4%11,1192,87216.8%
FY 2021-226,79,78120.2%7,5381,5968.9%
FY 2020-215,65,53960.2%5,5292,13410.3%
FY 2019-2014,22,3376.4%15,9253,35624.6%
FY 2018-1915,20,0165.4%15,5174,93422.5%
FY 2017-1814,42,80747.4%13,5782,48520.9%
FY 2016-173 months2,54,3983.9%2,89328725.5%

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.

View all 116 months as a table
Madurai airport monthly traffic, newest first
MonthPassengersvs last yearDomesticInternationalMovementsCargo (t)
Aug 20261,05,2282.6%95,5519,677678389
Jul 202697,7729.7%91,4786,294652364
Jun 20261,09,43913.0%1,04,5434,8961,128372
May 20261,16,84610.1%1,10,0596,7871,192386
Apr 202689,25225.3%85,0954,1571,098332
Mar 20261,02,39619.1%99,3823,014960400
Feb 20261,07,5929.5%90,86016,732908410
Jan 20261,31,6274.1%1,09,48022,147801323
Dec 20251,16,76710.5%96,22120,546964767
Nov 20251,17,6502.6%1,00,35517,2951,085374
Oct 20251,16,78414.1%1,02,88613,8981,201291
Sep 20251,03,7112.5%87,63116,0801,132314
Aug 20251,08,0220.8%89,76418,2581,117272
Jul 20251,08,2745.6%90,51117,7631,127265
Jun 20251,25,7699.9%1,08,70117,0681,260354
May 20251,29,96511.7%1,13,31516,6501,284238
Apr 20251,19,50510.7%1,04,79814,7071,266248
Mar 20251,26,60513.8%1,07,72218,8831,275346
Feb 20251,18,83823.3%1,02,20416,6341,114237
Jan 20251,37,26234.5%1,16,53920,7231,263256
Dec 20241,30,46018.2%1,07,19123,2691,249296
Nov 20241,14,6795.4%95,73318,9461,124294
Oct 20241,02,3355.9%85,27017,0651,048362
Sep 20241,06,3505.2%90,56415,7861,008307
Aug 20241,08,9444.8%92,76016,1841,056288
Jul 20241,14,7496.9%95,11719,6321,080339
Jun 20241,14,46011.3%92,79021,6701,074275
May 20241,16,3957.7%94,28322,1121,092246
Apr 20241,07,9694.3%88,79319,1761,130250
Mar 20241,11,2506.0%92,25918,9911,024287
Feb 202496,3672.1%79,58316,784942244
Jan 20241,02,0567.2%80,60321,453912246
Dec 20231,10,3850.7%89,01021,375860300
Nov 20231,08,81011.7%90,00218,808875550
Oct 20231,08,70020.2%89,80318,8971,175352
Sep 20231,12,22630.6%93,95718,2691,131271
Aug 20231,14,40826.3%96,55517,8531,073264
Jul 20231,07,32820.3%89,02418,3041,050205
Jun 20231,02,83514.5%85,18217,653972165
May 20231,08,07720.2%87,45920,618968146
Apr 20231,03,53426.8%85,50018,034945139
Mar 20231,04,97238.4%88,70016,272977170
Feb 202398,39785.2%83,46014,937868140
Jan 20231,09,94978.7%90,62219,3271,003126
Dec 20221,09,62926.9%90,58219,0471,007210
Nov 202297,40024.6%82,50414,896943244
Oct 202290,45637.6%74,72115,735913304
Sep 202285,95446.7%72,07913,875900321
Aug 202290,60962.5%74,90115,708918269
Jul 202289,238104.0%72,64916,589936252
Jun 202289,808243.9%74,49715,311817349
May 202289,934351.0%74,70815,226943240
Apr 202281,65948.9%67,08014,579894247
Mar 202275,8540.6%62,72913,125780139
Feb 202253,13630.8%42,67410,462584168
Jan 202261,53125.4%52,3719,160779122
Dec 202186,37121.8%78,8107,561893137
Nov 202178,1798.2%71,0497,130802151
Oct 202165,7352.5%60,7374,998630182
Sep 202158,57619.7%58,225351582109
Aug 202155,76663.7%55,7660596120
Jul 202143,74298.4%43,742054096
Jun 202126,11471.9%26,110440860
May 202119,939712.8%18,8561,08334681
Apr 202154,838999+%48,1886,650598231
Mar 202176,3045.6%66,5909,714665279
Feb 202176,80337.7%68,7278,076592253
Jan 202182,43836.7%72,37210,066693220
Dec 202070,90741.0%62,5978,310693286
Nov 202072,27039.2%65,5856,685684327
Oct 202064,11744.1%58,3525,765652279
Sep 202048,94960.0%47,1851,764500198
Aug 202034,05673.5%32,2621,794404125
Jul 202022,04482.9%18,7963,24835090
Jun 202015,19487.8%12,5602,63424044
May 20202,45398.0%2,45305431
Apr 20204100.0%4022
Mar 202072,24137.4%57,93614,305970254
Feb 20201,23,28415.0%96,28027,0041,436347
Jan 20201,30,2662.1%97,13133,1351,435285
Dec 20191,20,1194.9%85,89134,2281,252268
Nov 20191,18,8700.3%90,66128,2091,358301
Oct 20191,14,7904.3%87,17827,6121,420352
Sep 20191,22,3087.0%93,56028,7481,415304
Aug 20191,28,7023.2%96,52832,1741,404353
Jul 20191,28,8020.7%97,44831,3541,298222
Jun 20191,24,71411.5%93,29631,4181,266193
May 20191,24,22716.6%93,34030,8871,399213
Apr 20191,14,01416.9%83,27230,7421,272264
Mar 20191,15,34118.7%85,33330,0081,309360
Feb 20191,07,24516.9%80,03827,2071,208333
Jan 20191,27,64511.3%97,34430,3011,421317
Dec 20181,26,3693.7%95,91330,4561,406418
Nov 20181,19,2141.4%92,03127,1831,374431
Oct 20181,19,9785.1%94,86225,1161,448616
Sep 20181,14,3249.0%89,17125,1531,106493
Aug 20181,33,01425.5%1,05,51027,5041,116554
Jul 20181,29,77021.2%1,02,22027,5501,146473
Jun 20181,40,91330.6%1,10,40130,5121,356364
May 20181,48,92925.6%1,16,45432,4751,338310
Apr 20181,37,27413.9%1,09,06028,2141,289265
Mar 20181,41,84349.8%1,15,67826,1651,318308
Feb 20181,29,08270.8%1,05,28023,8021,176247
Jan 20181,43,96671.1%1,15,40728,5591,306164
Dec 20171,31,17968.5%1,02,79328,3861,248221
Nov 20171,17,57656.2%92,50525,0711,148250
Oct 20171,14,13546.5%87,81626,3191,172271
Sep 20171,04,87635.2%81,98522,8911,054203
Aug 20171,06,00432.5%81,48924,515996260
Jul 20171,07,11228.6%82,78124,3311,024188
Jun 20171,07,86832.1%84,29023,5781,002154
May 20171,18,61235.8%93,41025,2021,060123
Apr 20171,20,55444.3%97,28523,2691,07496
Mar 201794,70615.1%72,38422,3221,102109
Feb 201775,5743.7%56,45319,12185596
Jan 201784,1180.1%60,72123,39793682

Madurai airport: common questions

How many passengers used Madurai airport in August 2026?

1,05,228 passengers (95,551 domestic and 9,677 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 2.6% fewer than in August 2025.

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

5,18,537 passengers from April to August 2026, 12.3% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #43 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Madurai airport's busiest month?

May 2018, with 1,48,929 passengers and 1,338 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Madurai airport have international flights?

Yes. 1,41,523 international passengers used Madurai airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 10.8% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Madurai airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Madurai airport recorded 678 movements in August 2026, about 22 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.