Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, is an international airport that serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India.
Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and the fifth international airport of India, officially declared in 1991.
It is the operating base of Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo and SpiceJet.
Spread over an area of 700 acres (280 ha), the airport is approximately 3.7 km (2.3 mi) due west from the city centre and the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, 16 km (9.9 mi) from Kovalam beach, 13 km (8.1 mi) from Technopark and 21 km (13 mi) from the under-construction Vizhinjam International Seaport.
It shares a visible proximity to Shankumugham Beach making it the nearest airport to a sea in India, just about 0.6 miles away from the sea.
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