Kozhikode International Airport Calicut International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Airport Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Kozhikode | ||||||||||
Location | Karipur, Kondotty, Malappuram district, Kerala, India | ||||||||||
Opened | 13 April 1988 | ||||||||||
Operating base for | Air India Express | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 104 m / 342 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 11°08′10″N 75°57′18″E / 11.13611°N 75.95500°E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Kozhikode International Airport, also known as Calicut International Airport (IATA: CCJ, ICAO: VOCL) (locally referred to as Karipur Airport), is an international airport serving the city of Kozhikode in the state of Kerala, India. It is located at Karipur near Kondotty in the Malappuram district of the South Malabar region. It also serves other cities and districts of the Malabar region, namely Malappuram, Wayanad and Palakkad. It is situated 28 km (17 mi) away from Kozhikode and 25 km (16 mi) away from Malappuram. It serves two of the seven metropolitan areas in the state—Kozhikode metropolitan area and Malappuram metropolitan area.The airport opened on 13 April 1988,[4][5] and serves as an operating base for Air India Express and operates Hajj Pilgrimage services to Medina and Jeddah from Kerala. It is tied with Hyderabad in terms of international traffic. It received the international airport status on 2 February 2006.[6][7] It is one of the few airports in the country with a tabletop runway.