Kannur International Airport
Kannur International Airport (IATA: CNN, ICAO: VOKN) is an international airport serving the city of Kannur and the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu district of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located 28 km (17 mi) east of Kannur, and 24 km (15 mi) east of Thalassery, near the municipality of Mattannur in Thalassery taluka of Kannur district. It is owned and operated by Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened for commercial operations on 9 December 2018.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kannur | ||||||||||
| Location | Mattanur, Kannur district, Kerala, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 9 December 2018 | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air India Express | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 76 m / 249 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11.92°N 75.55°E | ||||||||||
| Website | kannurairport | ||||||||||
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The airport served one million passengers in just nine months since commercial operations began. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the airport could maintain stable growth, and it achieved the milestone of two million passengers in the twenty-third month of operations in November 2020.
The first aircraft to land was an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft that touched down at the airport on 29 February 2016. The first trial passenger flight operation was conducted on 20 September 2018, using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Air India Express. On the inaugural day, 9 December 2018, an Air India Express flight IX 715 (Boeing 737-800) took off to Abu Dhabi at 10:13 (IST), becoming the first commercial passenger aircraft to depart from Kannur International Airport. The airport was inaugurated by then Minister of Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu and Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.