AviatDataChennai International Airport MAA / VOMM
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · India · Airports Authority of India (AAI) — wholly state-owned. A 2013 plan to bring in a private operator (bundled with Kolkata) was dropped after airport-employee protests; Chennai remains fully AAI-operated as of August 2026. Privatisation resurfaced only as a live political topic in 2026 press coverage tied to Tamil Nadu's assembly elections — no specific 2025 government statement definitively ruling it out could be confirmed in this fact-check.
23.0Mpax · 2026
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · bonded
ICAO / IATAVOMM / MAA
OperatorAirports Authority of India (AAI) — wholly state-owned. A 2013 plan to bring in a private operator (bundled with Kolkata) was dropped after airport-employee protests; Chennai remains fully AAI-operated as of August 2026. Privatisation resurfaced only as a live political topic in 2026 press coverage tied to Tamil Nadu's assembly elections — no specific 2025 government statement definitively ruling it out could be confirmed in this fact-check.
Coordinates12.9952°N, 80.1737°E
Elevation54 ft · 16 m
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30, no DST)
Passengers / yr23,017,324 (2026)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
BondedYes
AIP referenceVOMM — AIP India (AAI eAIP, AD 2 VOMM)
Operating hoursH24 — flight ops, ATS, customs and immigration all operate round the clock; no curfew reported. Airport operator's administrative office Mon-Fri 0400-1230 UTC (0930-1800 IST), closed Sat/Sun/holidays.
TerminalsThree operational terminals — T1 (Kamaraj Domestic Terminal, domestic, ~67,700 sqm, original domestic terminal dates to 1985 at Tirusulam, ~16 MPPA design capacity); T2 (New Integrated Terminal / Anna International Terminal, international, ~197,000 sqm, opened April-July 2023, ~10 MPPA); and T4 (domestic, ~59,300 sqm, ~7 MPPA); combined design capacity is roughly 33 MPPA (16+10+7) since T2 opened. A further expansion phase (sometimes described as a new Terminal 3 / satellite terminal) has been discussed, with capacity and completion-date figures reported in the press, but these have shifted repeatedly and were not independently confirmed against a primary source.
Runways (2)
- 07/25 · 3,661 m / 12,011 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I
- 12/30 · 2,890 m / 9,482 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Chennai International is the principal international gateway to Tamil Nadu and South India's third-busiest airport by passenger traffic (after Bengaluru and Hyderabad, ahead of Kochi) — India's fifth-busiest airport overall. It is an operating base for IndiGo, a focus city for Air India, and the main hub of all-cargo carrier Blue Dart Aviation (AAICLAS runs the bonded air cargo complex). It carried 23,017,324 passengers in FY2025-26 (Apr 2025-Mar 2026), up 2.7% year-on-year, and remains fully AAI-operated (see operator field). Secondary runway 12/30 has long been constrained by obstructions (buildings, towers, trees) in its approach funnel near the Adyar River crossing, reportedly a factor delaying recarpeting of primary runway 07/25 (last resurfaced c.2015); specific figures for the number of obstructions and the resulting usable-length reduction could not be independently re-verified against a primary source and should be treated as provisional pending a follow-up check.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Bird Airport Services (Bird Group)
Holds a long-term ground handling concession awarded by the Airports Authority of India after a competitive 2022 tender; provides passenger, ramp and baggage handling for domestic and international carriers at MAA, including SriLankan Airlines (served since Nov 2023, confirmed by multiple independent trade-press reports); Bird Group's own service description defines its MAA ramp-handling scope as also covering cargo ramp handling, ULD storage and cabin/utility cleaning, run with a digitalised turnaround process.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AI Airport Services Ltd (AIASL)
PSU (Ministry of Civil Aviation, ex-Air India Air Transport Services); self-handles Air India Group flights and acts as an authorised third-party ground handling agent at MAA (ramp, passenger, baggage); Chennai confirmed as an operating station via AIASL's own network/services materials, which describe Ramp, Passenger, Baggage, Cargo Handling and Cabin Cleaning as its comprehensive service lines across 82 Indian airports.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 4 providers
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
Confirmed primary ATF supplier at Chennai airport (~50% market share per third-party industry analysis); IOCL operates the Chennai Meenambakkam ATF pipeline (commissioned 31 Aug 2008, referenced in a PNGRB public notice) feeding MAA.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
Operates an Aviation Service Facility (ASF) at Pallavaram Cantonment, Chennai, supplying ATF to MAA; confirmed as the site hosting IndianOil Skytanking's into-plane operation (IOSL's own station page lists its Chennai address as "C/o. HPCL ASF, Pallavaram Cantonment") under an O&M agreement.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)
Named alongside IOCL/HPCL/Reliance as one of Chennai airport's aviation fuel suppliers in third-party industry market analysis; BPCL's own site confirms an aviation-fuel business line but does not publish a station-by-station list, so a specific on-airport BPCL facility at MAA was not independently confirmed.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
IndianOil Skytanking Ltd (IOSL)
Into-plane (ITP) fuelling agent at MAA, operating from HPCL's Aviation Service Facility at Pallavaram Cantonment under an O&M agreement; confirmed directly on IOSL's own Chennai (MAA) location page, which lists Location In-charge Mr. Kannan, phone ••• and email •••, matching the contact fields here.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Available
AI Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL)
DGCA CAR-145 approved MRO subsidiary of Air India; AIESL's own base-maintenance page lists Chennai among its hangar-facility "major Metros" (with Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Nagpur). Given this hangar presence, routine line maintenance (transit/daily checks, defect rectification, AOG support) for Air India Group and contracted carriers at MAA is highly likely but was not separately confirmed on a per-station basis; category corrected from line_maintenance to base_maintenance to match the concrete evidence found.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available · 2 providers
TajSATS Air Catering
Operates "Taj Madras Flight Kitchen" at Meenambakkam, Chennai (the MAA airport locality) per third-party business listings, confirming a Chennai-specific kitchen rather than only a group-level claim; TajSATS is India's largest airline caterer (~60% market share nationally, per Tata Group's own materials). Contact shown is the company's central line, not confirmed Chennai-specific.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ambassador Sky Chef
Provides in-flight catering out of Chennai (in addition to Aurangabad and Ahmedabad), confirmed directly on the company's own flight-catering site ("Ambassadors Sky Chef also provides flight catering services from Chennai, Aurangabad and Ahmedabad") and corroborated by independent trade coverage.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available · 2 providers
Bird Airport Services (Bird Group)
Cabin and utility aircraft cleaning is explicitly listed as part of Bird Airport Services' ramp-handling scope on the company's own aviation-services page, applied at its stations including Chennai.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AI Airport Services Ltd (AIASL)
Cabin cleaning is part of AIASL's published "comprehensive" ground handling service scope (ramp, passenger, baggage, cargo, cabin cleaning) applied at its stations including Chennai.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Ahad Aircraft Ground Support Equipment
Chennai-based (Anna Nagar/Ayanavaram) company confirmed via its own site as a technical representative for international GSE manufacturers, supplying/servicing towable passenger stairs, ground power units, towbarless tractors, cabin-cleaning trucks and water-service trucks; presence in Chennai trade directories confirmed, but a specific supply or service contract with an MAA-based operator was not independently verified.
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Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
AI Airport Services Ltd (AIASL)
One of the two authorised ground handling agents for the Chennai air cargo complex export terminal (reported ~30% of export cargo tonnage vs AAICLAS's ~70%); BCAS briefly suspended its palletised-cargo acceptance in Jan 2023 amid a dispute with AAICLAS over terminal space, later resolved.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AAI Cargo Logistics & Allied Services Ltd (AAICLAS)
AAI subsidiary; confirmed via AAICLAS's own site that its Cargo Terminal Operator (CTO) model has been in effect at Chennai since Feb 2021 (Chennai and Kolkata were the launch airports) — a landlord/terminal-operator role handling import/export air cargo from acceptance through release; holds the larger share of the terminal's warehouse space and cargo tonnage (see AIASL entry for the coexisting ~30% share held by AIASL as a second authorised handling agent on the export side).
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Statutory paramilitary aviation-security force providing passenger/baggage/vehicle screening and inner-perimeter/access control at MAA under Bureau of Civil Aviation Security regulation; confirmed via government/industry sources that CISF covers Chennai airport specifically (part of its ~65-airport national aviation-security remit).
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
Avis India
Car rental and chauffeur-driven airport-transfer desk at MAA, confirmed via Avis's own Chennai Airport (MAA) location page; GPS-tracked fleet with flight-status-aware pickup. · 24/7
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hertz
Car rental counter at Chennai International Airport (MAA) offering self-drive cars, minivans and SUVs, confirmed via third-party travel-supplier listings (Expedia, Elephant Car Rental) naming MAA specifically; no Hertz-branded MAA-specific page located directly.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Trident Chennai
5-star hotel roughly 15 minutes' drive from MAA (confirmed distance/rating on the hotel's own site), commonly used by airline crews/passengers for layovers, with chauffeur-driven airport transfers that track flight status; no specific named airline crew-accommodation contract was confirmed.
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Radisson Blu Hotel & Suites GRT Chennai
5-star airport-area hotel (Tambaram) cited as a layover option near MAA per hotel-booking listings; no specific named airline crew-accommodation contract was confirmed.
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Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source