COKVOCI

Cochin International Airport

Kochi, India · Asia

Asia Asia/Calcutta IVCA 44.2

34direct destinations

26airlines

1runway

3,400 mLongest runway

Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI), also known as Kochi International Airport, is an international airport serving the city and metropolitan area of Kochi, Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery within the Ernakulam district, about 25 km (16 mi) northeast of the city center, it is the busiest and largest airport in Kerala, catering to more than 63% of the total air passenger traffic in Kerala as of 2024. It is the fifth-busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic, and the eighth-busiest overall. In fiscal year 2024–25, the airport handled more than 11 million passengers with a total of 67,469 aircraft movements. As of 2025, the airport is served by over 25 airline companies, carrying passengers to over 30 international destinations and over 25 domestic destinations. The airport operates three passenger terminals, one cargo terminal, and one business terminal, with a total area of over 225,000 square metres (2,421,880 sq ft). In 2015, the airport became the world's first fully solar powered airport with the inauguration of a dedicated solar plant. For this entrepreneurial vision, the airport won the coveted Champions of the Earth award in 2018, the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations. The airport is also the first of its kind to be developed under a Public–private partnership (PPP) model in India, having been funded by nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians from 32 countries.

Location

10.151°N, 76.401°E · 9 m s. n. m. (30 ft)

General data

CountryIndia

CityKochi

IATA codeCOK

ICAO codeVOCI

Coordinates10.151°N, 76.401°E

Elevation9 m s. n. m. (30 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Calcutta

Runways1

Longest runway3,400 m

Direct destinations34

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

09/27

Length3,400 m11,155 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.800

Ground

121.750

ATIS (automatic information)

126.200

Approach

119.750

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

Cochin airport began as an airstrip on Willingdon Island, built in 1936 by the Kingdom of Cochin, intended for transporting officials involved in the development of the Cochin Port. The Kingdom of Cochin allowed the British, who ruled India at the time, to convert the airstrip into a military airport for use by the Indian Navy during World War II. The Royal Navy chose it as a strategic site for their headquarters in Southern India and as an air station cum landing craft and seaplane base. The military facility hosted naval fighter planes and was intended to thwart possible Japanese air raids. A small naval unit set up operations just two days before the outbreak of World War II. After India achieved dominion status and the merger of the Kingdom of Cochin with India, the Indian Navy operated the airport, INS Garuda, though it permitted civilian aircraft to use the facility. The Gulf economic boom of the 1980s made it necessary to develop international connections to Kochi in the interests of expatriates working in the Middle East.

Airlines operating here · 26

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cok,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Cochin International Airport (COK)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COK},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/COK}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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