Chennai International Airport (MAA)
A working profile of Chennai International Airport in Madras, India: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Chennai International Airport
- Serves: Madras, India
- Coordinates: 12.9900, 80.1693
- Elevation: 52 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Calcutta
Chennai International Airport sits inside the air network of India. It shows 106 distinct scheduled departures across 39 destinations and 32 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from MAA
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | MAA→BOM | 7 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | MAA→SIN | 7 |
| BLR | Kempegowda International Airport | Bangalore | India | MAA→BLR | 5 |
| COK | Cochin International Airport | Kochi | India | MAA→COK | 5 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | MAA→DEL | 5 |
| HYD | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad | India | MAA→HYD | 5 |
| IXZ | Vir Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair | India | MAA→IXZ | 5 |
| CJB | Coimbatore International Airport | Coimbatore | India | MAA→CJB | 4 |
| TRV | Trivandrum International Airport | Trivandrum | India | MAA→TRV | 4 |
| GOI | Dabolim Airport | Goa | India | MAA→GOI | 4 |
| IXM | Madurai Airport | Madurai | India | MAA→IXM | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | MAA→KUL | 4 |
| CMB | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport | Colombo | Sri Lanka | MAA→CMB | 4 |
| CCU | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | India | MAA→CCU | 3 |
| PNQ | Pune Airport | Pune | India | MAA→PNQ | 3 |
| TRZ | Tiruchirapally Civil Airport | Tiruchirappalli | India | MAA→TRZ | 3 |
| AMD | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad | India | MAA→AMD | 2 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | MAA→DXB | 2 |
| VTZ | Vishakhapatnam Airport | Vishakhapatnam | India | MAA→VTZ | 2 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | MAA→AUH | 2 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | MAA→LHR | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | MAA→FRA | 2 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | MAA→MCT | 2 |
| MRU | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Plaisance | Mauritius | MAA→MRU | 2 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | MAA→SHJ | 2 |
| HRI | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport | Mattala | Sri Lanka | MAA→HRI | 2 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | MAA→BKK | 2 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | MAA→HKG | 1 |
| DMK | Don Mueang International Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | MAA→DMK | 1 |
| BAH | Bahrain International Airport | Bahrain | Bahrain | MAA→BAH | 1 |
| KWI | Kuwait International Airport | Kuwait | Kuwait | MAA→KWI | 1 |
| DAC | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka | Bangladesh | MAA→DAC | 1 |
| MLE | Malé International Airport | Male | Maldives | MAA→MLE | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | MAA→DOH | 1 |
| CCJ | Calicut International Airport | Calicut | India | MAA→CCJ | 1 |
| DMM | King Fahd International Airport | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | MAA→DMM | 1 |
| JED | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | MAA→JED | 1 |
| RUH | King Khaled International Airport | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | MAA→RUH | 1 |
| RUN | Roland Garros Airport | St.-denis | Reunion | MAA→RUN | 1 |
Airlines operating at MAA
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from MAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Air India Limited | India | 16 |
| SG | Spicejet | India | 16 |
| 6E | IndiGo Airlines | India | 13 |
| 9W | Jet Airways | India | 13 |
| S2 | Air Sahara | India | 10 |
| IX | Air India Express | India | 4 |
| G8 | Go Air | India | 3 |
| SV | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| MJ | L | Argentina | 2 |
| Q2 | Maldivian | Maldives | 2 |
| UL | SriLankan Airlines | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| UU | Air Austral | France | 2 |
| AA | American Airlines | United States | 1 |
| AK | AirAsia | Malaysia | 1 |
| BA | British Airways | United Kingdom | 1 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| FD | Thai AirAsia | Thailand | 1 |
| G9 | Air Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| GA | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 |
| GF | Gulf Air Bahrain | Bahrain | 1 |
| KU | Kuwait Airways | Kuwait | 1 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | 1 |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 1 |
| MI | SilkAir | Singapore | 1 |
| MK | Air Mauritius | Mauritius | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | 1 |
| TG | Thai Airways International | Thailand | 1 |
| TR | Tiger Airways | Singapore | 1 |
| WY | Oman Air | Oman | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into MAA typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 7 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | 7 |
| BLR | Kempegowda International Airport | Bangalore | India | 6 |
| COK | Cochin International Airport | Kochi | India | 5 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | 5 |
| HYD | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad | India | 5 |
| IXZ | Vir Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair | India | 5 |
| CJB | Coimbatore International Airport | Coimbatore | India | 4 |
| TRV | Trivandrum International Airport | Trivandrum | India | 4 |
| GOI | Dabolim Airport | Goa | India | 4 |
| IXM | Madurai Airport | Madurai | India | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 4 |
| CMB | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 4 |
| CCU | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | India | 3 |
| PNQ | Pune Airport | Pune | India | 3 |
| TRZ | Tiruchirapally Civil Airport | Tiruchirappalli | India | 3 |
| AMD | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad | India | 2 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| VTZ | Vishakhapatnam Airport | Vishakhapatnam | India | 2 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | 2 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | 2 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 2 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 |
| DMK | Don Mueang International Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 1 |
| BAH | Bahrain International Airport | Bahrain | Bahrain | 1 |
| KWI | Kuwait International Airport | Kuwait | Kuwait | 1 |
| DAC | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1 |
| MLE | Malé International Airport | Male | Maldives | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 1 |
| CCJ | Calicut International Airport | Calicut | India | 1 |
| DMM | King Fahd International Airport | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| JED | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| RUH | King Khaled International Airport | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| RUN | Roland Garros Airport | St.-denis | Reunion | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from MAA on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list MAA to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat MAA as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.