International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Tiruchirappalli Airport Traffic

Name: Tiruchirappalli Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Tiruchirappalli airport handled 1.66 lakh passengers in August 2026, 16.1% fewer than in August 2025, across 1,369 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 7.74 lakh passengers, 20.4% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #33 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was May 2025, with 2.07 lakh passengers. International flights carried 62.9% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 7,251 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#33of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.54% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

16.1%

1.66 L

1,65,979 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

19.6%

1,369

About 44 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

17.0%

733 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

11.6%

1,06,406

64.1% of all passengers

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

Passengers

20.4%

7.74 L

7,74,024 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

23.0%

6,643

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

2.2%

3,016 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Tiruchirappalli 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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Tiruchirappalli airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	7,74,024	20.4%	6,643	3,016	62.4%
FY 2025-26	22,21,024	13.5%	18,858	7,187	62.7%
FY 2024-25	19,56,851	10.9%	17,398	6,477	71.5%
FY 2023-24	17,63,942	27.4%	14,314	6,593	74.0%
FY 2022-23	15,14,260	172.0%	13,222	6,357	74.9%
FY 2021-22	5,56,707	56.4%	6,878	5,217	73.2%
FY 2020-21	3,55,902	77.9%	4,645	2,740	53.7%
FY 2019-20	16,12,492	2.1%	14,260	8,114	81.6%
FY 2018-19	15,78,831	4.3%	14,929	6,950	79.2%
FY 2017-18	15,13,273	11.3%	12,801	6,541	90.9%
FY 2016-173 months	3,37,388	1.6%	2,812	1,683	88.9%

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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Tiruchirappalli airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	1,65,979	16.1%	59,573	1,06,406	1,369	733
Jul 2026	1,51,454	19.3%	58,079	93,375	1,286	615
Jun 2026	1,57,341	19.6%	58,639	98,702	1,312	626
May 2026	1,54,369	25.4%	59,290	95,079	1,297	536
Apr 2026	1,44,881	21.0%	55,450	89,431	1,379	505
Mar 2026	1,49,730	5.2%	57,580	92,150	1,298	512
Feb 2026	1,74,179	13.0%	61,442	1,12,737	1,316	669
Jan 2026	2,03,393	9.5%	73,105	1,30,288	1,465	663
Dec 2025	1,86,055	8.7%	62,921	1,23,134	1,506	632
Nov 2025	1,73,226	10.1%	65,297	1,07,929	1,494	554
Oct 2025	1,79,686	20.7%	69,333	1,10,353	1,569	628
Sep 2025	1,82,967	14.3%	70,558	1,12,409	1,583	577
Aug 2025	1,97,767	17.3%	77,354	1,20,413	1,703	627
Jul 2025	1,87,770	15.8%	73,964	1,13,806	1,706	612
Jun 2025	1,95,735	19.3%	76,035	1,19,700	1,745	544
May 2025	2,07,011	19.7%	74,343	1,32,668	1,779	589
Apr 2025	1,83,505	19.5%	66,433	1,17,072	1,694	581
Mar 2025	1,57,949	2.1%	53,764	1,04,185	1,513	532
Feb 2025	1,54,186	0.6%	43,087	1,11,099	1,331	505
Jan 2025	1,85,748	6.5%	48,165	1,37,583	1,594	609
Dec 2024	1,71,174	5.9%	47,065	1,24,109	1,545	562
Nov 2024	1,57,318	5.5%	43,277	1,14,041	1,412	541
Oct 2024	1,48,899	12.0%	40,965	1,07,934	1,405	684
Sep 2024	1,60,129	20.2%	45,743	1,14,386	1,428	479
Aug 2024	1,68,668	17.9%	49,583	1,19,085	1,493	522
Jul 2024	1,62,165	17.1%	45,529	1,16,636	1,460	523
Jun 2024	1,64,121	15.6%	46,375	1,17,746	1,416	523
May 2024	1,72,928	16.4%	50,748	1,22,180	1,394	531
Apr 2024	1,53,566	17.4%	43,920	1,09,646	1,407	466
Mar 2024	1,54,671	13.4%	46,801	1,07,870	1,336	612
Feb 2024	1,55,052	19.7%	45,753	1,09,299	1,262	571
Jan 2024	1,74,407	16.2%	51,701	1,22,706	1,361	537
Dec 2023	1,61,577	16.9%	44,128	1,17,449	1,216	542
Nov 2023	1,49,091	20.4%	39,073	1,10,018	1,284	535
Oct 2023	1,32,935	11.7%	32,377	1,00,558	1,202	560
Sep 2023	1,33,215	11.9%	33,399	99,816	1,135	529
Aug 2023	1,43,104	10.7%	34,380	1,08,724	1,141	599
Jul 2023	1,38,485	7.8%	35,969	1,02,516	1,113	533
Jun 2023	1,41,951	New	31,679	1,10,272	1,062	494
May 2023	1,48,611	31.9%	32,959	1,15,652	1,111	556
Apr 2023	1,30,843	33.1%	30,537	1,00,306	1,091	525
Mar 2023	1,36,380	64.2%	34,447	1,01,933	1,187	473
Feb 2023	1,29,515	130.5%	30,048	99,467	1,071	463
Jan 2023	1,50,110	137.4%	35,914	1,14,196	1,202	530
Dec 2022	1,38,240	71.1%	32,748	1,05,492	1,169	518
Nov 2022	1,23,816	118.5%	31,494	92,322	1,148	529
Oct 2022	1,18,968	143.2%	31,986	86,982	1,125	582
Sep 2022	1,19,030	180.9%	30,655	88,375	1,091	551
Aug 2022	1,29,253	291.7%	33,065	96,188	1,101	655
Jul 2022	1,28,492	432.8%	30,141	98,351	1,150	518
Jun 2022	1,29,525	635.7%	30,934	98,591	1,071	513
May 2022	1,12,642	650.5%	28,694	83,948	998	508
Apr 2022	98,289	175.1%	30,101	68,188	909	517
Mar 2022	83,054	73.5%	22,643	60,411	807	555
Feb 2022	56,188	36.3%	11,384	44,804	603	500
Jan 2022	63,222	36.8%	12,075	51,147	779	500
Dec 2021	80,815	92.1%	17,860	62,955	839	574
Nov 2021	56,671	48.9%	17,500	39,171	734	548
Oct 2021	48,924	30.7%	14,439	34,485	625	433
Sep 2021	42,373	16.5%	11,969	30,404	512	416
Aug 2021	33,002	5.9%	10,953	22,049	437	404
Jul 2021	24,116	12.9%	9,020	15,096	404	351
Jun 2021	17,606	42.5%	5,985	11,621	330	350
May 2021	15,008	999+%	4,685	10,323	319	249
Apr 2021	35,728	999+%	10,764	24,964	489	337
Mar 2021	47,877	29.7%	18,138	29,739	554	414
Feb 2021	41,224	68.6%	15,953	25,271	441	307
Jan 2021	46,204	71.0%	20,157	26,047	507	276
Dec 2020	42,066	72.1%	18,414	23,652	493	268
Nov 2020	38,056	72.0%	19,003	19,053	484	306
Oct 2020	37,442	69.8%	18,939	18,503	532	285
Sep 2020	36,379	72.6%	20,639	15,740	555	263
Aug 2020	31,166	78.2%	16,613	14,553	465	168
Jul 2020	21,358	84.9%	10,054	11,304	369	136
Jun 2020	12,359	91.4%	5,975	6,384	208	200
May 2020	1,231	99.2%	943	288	31	117
Apr 2020	540	99.6%	0	540	6	0
Mar 2020	68,137	49.7%	15,437	52,700	768	498
Feb 2020	1,31,194	3.2%	29,614	1,01,580	1,212	777
Jan 2020	1,59,222	6.4%	33,607	1,25,615	1,332	694
Dec 2019	1,50,970	5.9%	26,539	1,24,431	1,244	594
Nov 2019	1,35,924	10.4%	23,994	1,11,930	1,214	597
Oct 2019	1,23,911	8.1%	21,582	1,02,329	1,194	741
Sep 2019	1,32,628	6.7%	22,799	1,09,829	1,186	749
Aug 2019	1,42,949	9.1%	23,703	1,19,246	1,242	809
Jul 2019	1,41,461	4.9%	25,271	1,16,190	1,264	736
Jun 2019	1,43,172	4.7%	24,561	1,18,611	1,192	576
May 2019	1,45,788	5.2%	24,959	1,20,829	1,216	670
Apr 2019	1,37,136	13.6%	24,007	1,13,129	1,196	673
Mar 2019	1,35,420	16.4%	25,657	1,09,763	1,274	721
Feb 2019	1,27,155	10.8%	24,791	1,02,364	1,136	601
Jan 2019	1,49,661	2.6%	27,477	1,22,184	1,334	608
Dec 2018	1,42,607	3.8%	26,773	1,15,834	1,313	575
Nov 2018	1,23,155	2.5%	23,821	99,334	1,227	521
Oct 2018	1,14,594	6.6%	28,895	85,699	1,359	639
Sep 2018	1,24,321	1.4%	35,528	88,793	1,292	609
Aug 2018	1,31,026	9.1%	32,156	98,870	1,212	453
Jul 2018	1,34,873	7.9%	35,325	99,548	1,308	543
Jun 2018	1,36,762	3.8%	27,362	1,09,400	1,330	645
May 2018	1,38,519	0.5%	20,515	1,18,004	1,114	519
Apr 2018	1,20,738	2.9%	19,758	1,00,980	1,030	516
Mar 2018	1,16,315	3.9%	13,879	1,02,436	1,090	595
Feb 2018	1,14,735	10.7%	12,640	1,02,095	1,020	569
Jan 2018	1,45,894	19.9%	14,243	1,31,651	1,183	593
Dec 2017	1,37,390	10.6%	12,975	1,24,415	1,159	498
Nov 2017	1,20,179	8.7%	11,128	1,09,051	1,070	491
Oct 2017	1,22,738	15.5%	12,007	1,10,731	1,153	501
Sep 2017	1,22,580	10.0%	11,833	1,10,747	1,086	499
Aug 2017	1,20,073	8.6%	9,648	1,10,425	1,014	628
Jul 2017	1,25,054	8.0%	9,631	1,15,423	1,010	472
Jun 2017	1,31,781	14.8%	9,974	1,21,807	1,018	526
May 2017	1,39,146	14.8%	9,632	1,29,514	1,056	547
Apr 2017	1,17,388	9.4%	9,429	1,07,959	942	622
Mar 2017	1,11,998	3.0%	11,882	1,00,116	978	596
Feb 2017	1,03,677	0.4%	11,811	91,866	860	526
Jan 2017	1,21,713	2.3%	13,843	1,07,870	974	561

Tiruchirappalli airport: common questions

How many passengers used Tiruchirappalli airport in August 2026?

1,65,979 passengers (59,573 domestic and 1,06,406 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 16.1% fewer than in August 2025.

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

7,74,024 passengers from April to August 2026, 20.4% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #33 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Tiruchirappalli airport's busiest month?

May 2025, with 2,07,011 passengers and 1,779 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Tiruchirappalli airport have international flights?

Yes. 12,71,993 international passengers used Tiruchirappalli airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 62.9% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Tiruchirappalli airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Tiruchirappalli airport recorded 1,369 movements in August 2026, about 44 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 TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, TRICHY; the figures are combined here.