Tuticorin Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram and Kanniyakumari,Virudhunagar | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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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.