Tuticorin Airport

Tuticorin Airport
Tuticorin Airport
	IATA: TCR; ICAO: VOTK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari
Location	Vagaikulam, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Opened	30 April 1992
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Elevation AMSL	39 m / 129 ft
Coordinates	08°43′27″N 078°01′33″E / 8.72417°N 78.02583°E
Website	Tuticorin Airport
Map
	TCR Location of airport in Tamil Nadu TCR TCR (India)
Runways
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers
Passengers	199,761 ( 1.4%)
Aircraft movements	3,020 ( 6.6%)
Cargo tonnage	5 ( 150%)
	Source: AAI

Tuticorin Airport (IATA: TCR, ICAO: VOTK) is a domestic airport serving Thoothukudi and its adjoining districts of Thoothukkudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu.^[4] It is located at Vagaikulam, 15.6 km (9.7 mi) west of the city centre, on National Highway 7A. The airport was ISO 9001:2015 quality certified on 13 April 2018. It is the fifth busiest airport in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, and Madurai airports.

^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "Demand to modernise Tuticorin airport". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 May 2013.