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Chennai International Airport

airport in Chennai, India
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Summary

Chennai International Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,644 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tirusulam[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Owned by: Government of India[7]
  • Operator: Airports Authority of India[8]
  • IATA airport code: MAA[9]
  • ICAO airport code: VOMM[10]
  • Commons category: Chennai International Airport[11]
  • Located in time zone: Asia/Kolkata[12]
  • Scheduled service destination: Roland Garros Airport[13], Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport[14], Kempegowda International Airport[15], Coimbatore Airport[16], Bandaranaike International Airport[17], Dubai International Airport[18], Dabolim Airport[19], Rajiv Gandhi International Airport[20], Kōchi Airport[21], Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport[22], Kuwait International Airport[23], Madurai Airport[24], Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport[25], Muscat International Airport[26]
  • Runway: 07/25[27], 12/30[28]
  • Interchange station: Chennai International Airport metro station[29]
  • Official website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/chennai[30]
  • Place served by transport hub: Chennai metropolitan area[31]
  • Date of official opening: 1954[32]
  • Elevation above sea level: 52 feet[33]
  • Patronage: 980,290[34], 850,544[35], 888,767[36], 921,744[37], 1,056,125[38], 994,787[39], 962,135[40], 972,592[41], 932,498[42], 992,038[43], 1,010,983[44], 1,137,391[45], 1,090,532[46], 966,788[47]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Chennai International Airport include it metro station[48], a metro station[49], in India[50].

Why It Matters

Chennai International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include it metro station[48], a metro station[49], in India[50].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Interchange station → Chennai International Airport metro station
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "VOMM"]
    Official website → https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/chennai
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "VOMM"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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