PPP international airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Mangaluru Airport Traffic

Name: Mangaluru Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Mangaluru airport handled 1.89 lakh passengers in August 2026, 12.2% fewer than in August 2025, across 1,285 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 9.49 lakh passengers, 9.2% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #30 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was January 2026, with 2.46 lakh passengers. International flights carried 29.9% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 2,449 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#30of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.61% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

12.2%

1.89 L

1,89,061 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

13.8%

1,285

About 41 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

10.2%

254 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

0.1%

72,794

38.5% of all passengers

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

Passengers

9.2%

9.49 L

9,49,484 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

12.8%

6,733

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

4.9%

748 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Mangaluru 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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Mangaluru airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	9,49,484	9.2%	6,733	748	29.3%
FY 2025-26	25,48,088	8.8%	17,923	2,413	30.3%
FY 2024-25	23,43,032	15.4%	16,763	2,213	26.2%
FY 2023-24	20,30,387	12.2%	15,038	2,089	25.6%
FY 2022-23	18,09,266	78.5%	14,382	3,815	29.4%
FY 2021-22	10,13,453	64.8%	9,980	3,521	24.1%
FY 2020-21	6,14,845	67.2%	6,664	2,186	24.8%
FY 2019-20	18,76,401	16.3%	15,685	4,605	30.4%
FY 2018-19	22,40,664	1.3%	19,365	3,287	32.2%
FY 2017-18	22,69,949	30.8%	19,636	2,527	33.9%
FY 2016-173 months	4,24,244	1.6%	3,879	385	41.7%

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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Mangaluru airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	1,89,061	12.2%	1,16,267	72,794	1,285	254
Jul 2026	1,89,067	3.9%	1,16,675	72,392	1,340	170
Jun 2026	1,77,529	6.5%	1,18,892	58,637	1,333	134
May 2026	2,16,814	3.3%	1,72,369	44,445	1,503	115
Apr 2026	1,77,013	19.3%	1,46,693	30,320	1,272	74
Mar 2026	1,63,663	18.6%	1,50,647	13,016	1,244	71
Feb 2026	2,09,054	9.6%	1,45,809	63,245	1,386	243
Jan 2026	2,45,593	13.7%	1,63,853	81,740	1,566	269
Dec 2025	2,27,848	9.7%	1,48,783	79,065	1,466	253
Nov 2025	2,26,267	13.6%	1,49,688	76,579	1,462	285
Oct 2025	2,27,933	11.6%	1,53,641	74,292	1,619	305
Sep 2025	2,02,503	6.5%	1,35,939	66,564	1,463	275
Aug 2025	2,15,245	7.8%	1,42,396	72,849	1,490	283
Jul 2025	1,96,692	9.1%	1,29,953	66,739	1,488	180
Jun 2025	1,89,908	12.0%	1,39,288	50,620	1,541	76
May 2025	2,24,117	16.0%	1,61,958	62,159	1,618	87
Apr 2025	2,19,265	14.8%	1,54,707	64,558	1,580	88
Mar 2025	2,01,178	16.2%	1,48,988	52,190	1,624	164
Feb 2025	1,90,764	12.6%	1,39,580	51,184	1,347	46
Jan 2025	2,15,915	14.8%	1,54,617	61,298	1,502	145
Dec 2024	2,07,740	1.9%	1,49,638	58,102	1,464	95
Nov 2024	1,99,249	11.3%	1,42,693	56,556	1,373	115
Oct 2024	2,04,178	26.1%	1,47,252	56,926	1,533	188
Sep 2024	1,90,132	19.9%	1,37,081	53,051	1,422	351
Aug 2024	1,99,748	17.9%	1,47,787	51,961	1,390	295
Jul 2024	1,80,245	9.6%	1,34,637	45,608	1,235	167
Jun 2024	1,69,583	8.1%	1,28,486	41,097	1,232	204
May 2024	1,93,274	18.8%	1,47,255	46,019	1,288	224
Apr 2024	1,91,026	33.6%	1,49,979	41,047	1,353	219
Mar 2024	1,73,081	19.5%	1,32,124	40,957	1,543	268
Feb 2024	1,69,362	24.5%	1,27,456	41,906	1,434	195
Jan 2024	1,88,110	17.3%	1,43,253	44,857	1,419	202
Dec 2023	2,03,816	25.3%	1,60,922	42,894	1,402	173
Nov 2023	1,78,998	24.1%	1,38,953	40,045	1,288	155
Oct 2023	1,61,903	0.7%	1,20,455	41,448	1,207	207
Sep 2023	1,58,579	10.3%	1,18,193	40,386	1,145	199
Aug 2023	1,69,459	12.8%	1,25,520	43,939	1,169	214
Jul 2023	1,64,489	11.9%	1,19,295	45,194	1,172	156
Jun 2023	1,56,926	11.0%	1,12,763	44,163	1,111	157
May 2023	1,62,669	3.3%	1,10,206	52,463	1,106	142
Apr 2023	1,42,995	3.1%	1,00,749	42,246	1,042	21
Mar 2023	1,44,849	3.0%	1,03,704	41,145	1,164	174
Feb 2023	1,36,007	27.6%	97,052	38,955	1,081	172
Jan 2023	1,60,380	69.7%	1,15,642	44,738	1,243	157
Dec 2022	1,62,624	17.5%	1,17,104	45,520	1,184	351
Nov 2022	1,44,214	24.2%	1,00,231	43,983	1,110	349
Oct 2022	1,63,018	52.3%	1,16,435	46,583	1,264	330
Sep 2022	1,43,746	85.0%	1,03,245	40,501	1,210	439
Aug 2022	1,50,247	137.3%	1,04,684	45,563	1,242	459
Jul 2022	1,47,035	215.0%	99,018	48,017	1,245	352
Jun 2022	1,41,347	428.0%	92,978	48,369	1,214	308
May 2022	1,68,219	618.5%	1,20,598	47,621	1,289	322
Apr 2022	1,47,580	104.2%	1,06,783	40,797	1,136	402
Mar 2022	1,40,648	50.3%	1,02,377	38,271	1,116	354
Feb 2022	1,06,622	0.8%	79,764	26,858	864	282
Jan 2022	94,513	12.0%	67,782	26,731	972	256
Dec 2021	1,38,386	38.2%	1,08,880	29,506	1,190	270
Nov 2021	1,16,100	47.9%	90,657	25,443	1,007	286
Oct 2021	1,07,041	99.8%	81,583	25,458	987	328
Sep 2021	77,712	127.4%	56,357	21,355	819	413
Aug 2021	63,316	229.8%	53,261	10,055	719	318
Jul 2021	46,676	327.8%	39,124	7,552	545	301
Jun 2021	26,770	211.0%	21,063	5,707	370	206
May 2021	23,412	999+%	18,954	4,458	440	221
Apr 2021	72,257	New	49,850	22,407	951	286
Mar 2021	93,578	2.2%	67,020	26,558	1,088	292
Feb 2021	1,07,487	28.7%	83,040	24,447	1,054	247
Jan 2021	1,07,454	39.5%	81,411	26,043	1,064	58
Dec 2020	1,00,115	46.0%	74,682	25,433	935	48
Nov 2020	78,486	52.8%	61,542	16,944	796	101
Oct 2020	53,566	66.1%	41,409	12,157	593	295
Sep 2020	34,173	77.1%	27,699	6,474	385	279
Aug 2020	19,201	88.6%	13,389	5,812	283	279
Jul 2020	10,911	93.1%	6,428	4,483	219	265
Jun 2020	8,608	94.4%	4,882	3,726	198	201
May 2020	1,266	99.2%	909	357	47	121
Apr 2020	0	100.0%	0	0	2	0
Mar 2020	91,536	36.9%	68,454	23,082	917	378
Feb 2020	1,50,774	7.2%	1,09,162	41,612	1,346	546
Jan 2020	1,77,639	2.3%	1,25,898	51,741	1,475	614
Dec 2019	1,85,528	2.8%	1,32,284	53,244	1,531	569
Nov 2019	1,66,232	7.5%	1,20,490	45,742	1,431	627
Oct 2019	1,57,820	15.2%	1,09,792	48,028	1,351	552
Sep 2019	1,49,188	19.3%	1,02,587	46,601	1,302	239
Aug 2019	1,68,040	18.7%	1,16,120	51,920	1,322	204
Jul 2019	1,59,270	20.3%	1,06,594	52,676	1,319	197
Jun 2019	1,54,277	21.8%	1,04,959	49,318	1,251	188
May 2019	1,65,712	25.9%	1,13,011	52,701	1,264	217
Apr 2019	1,50,385	32.6%	95,717	54,668	1,176	274
Mar 2019	1,45,051	32.8%	93,245	51,806	1,198	260
Feb 2019	1,40,617	24.7%	94,294	46,323	1,166	191
Jan 2019	1,73,584	18.4%	1,19,044	54,540	1,487	175
Dec 2018	1,80,404	14.5%	1,24,419	55,985	1,554	175
Nov 2018	1,79,662	5.6%	1,17,822	61,840	1,637	222
Oct 2018	1,86,052	2.5%	1,27,264	58,788	1,678	217
Sep 2018	1,84,774	6.0%	1,25,993	58,781	1,677	229
Aug 2018	2,06,723	9.7%	1,36,350	70,373	1,720	260
Jul 2018	1,99,957	8.6%	1,31,980	67,977	1,657	424
Jun 2018	1,97,188	18.3%	1,37,096	60,092	1,801	671
May 2018	2,23,662	15.4%	1,57,711	65,951	1,941	275
Apr 2018	2,22,990	43.8%	1,53,193	69,797	1,849	188
Mar 2018	2,15,944	58.2%	1,42,592	73,352	1,823	201
Feb 2018	1,86,620	44.6%	1,32,476	54,144	1,600	170
Jan 2018	2,12,725	34.0%	1,45,531	67,194	1,798	173
Dec 2017	2,10,915	36.4%	1,43,148	67,767	1,720	159
Nov 2017	1,90,335	48.6%	1,32,953	57,382	1,600	174
Oct 2017	1,90,919	42.1%	1,30,416	60,503	1,736	246
Sep 2017	1,74,311	24.6%	1,13,959	60,352	1,623	223
Aug 2017	1,88,527	26.5%	1,19,022	69,505	1,647	281
Jul 2017	1,84,041	22.9%	1,17,425	66,616	1,675	246
Jun 2017	1,66,670	28.1%	1,11,599	55,071	1,564	260
May 2017	1,93,897	30.7%	1,25,074	68,823	1,604	209
Apr 2017	1,55,045	12.0%	85,807	69,238	1,246	185
Mar 2017	1,36,466	6.3%	76,652	59,814	1,264	160
Feb 2017	1,29,067	8.2%	78,157	50,910	1,209	121
Jan 2017	1,58,711	9.4%	92,439	66,272	1,406	104

Mangaluru airport: common questions

How many passengers used Mangaluru airport in August 2026?

1,89,061 passengers (1,16,267 domestic and 72,794 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 12.2% fewer than in August 2025.

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

9,49,484 passengers from April to August 2026, 9.2% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #30 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Mangaluru airport's busiest month?

January 2026, with 2,45,593 passengers and 1,566 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Mangaluru airport have international flights?

Yes. 7,33,089 international passengers used Mangaluru airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 29.9% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Mangaluru airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Mangaluru airport recorded 1,285 movements in August 2026, about 41 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 MANGALORE, MANGALURU; the figures are combined here.