Tuticorin Airport TCR

Tuticorin airport is a domestic airport, located at Vagaikullam. The nearest city to the Tuticorin airport is Thoothukudi, which is also known as Tuticorin. Thoothukudi is situated in Tamil Nadu, India. The IATA code of the Tuticorin airport is TCR. The distance of the Tuticorin airport from Thoothukudi is 16.9 km. The airport has an elevation of 129 ft/39 m. The map coordinates of Tuticorin airport are latitude 08°43′27″N and longitude 078°01′33″E. The length of the runway is 4,434 ft.

There is only one terminal at the Tuticorin airport, which is Kingfisher Airlines and the destination that it caters to is only Chennai.

Facilities At The Tuticorin Airport

This is a very small airport, which is evident from the fact that it has only one terminal and caters to only one destination. This means that the number of passengers to this airport is very less. For this very reason, the airport administration has not maintained very large lounges or restaurants around the airport. They only have the most basic facilities for the travelers.

Tourist Attractions

There are many ideal tourist destinations, which are worth visiting. These include Kanya Kumari (125 Km), Tiruchendur (56 Km), Krishna Puram (35 Km), Courttallam (120 Km), Nava Tirupati (30 Km), and Kalakkadu (74 Km).

There is the facility of taxi for the passengers to travel to and from the airport. Other options of travelling from the airport include public transport and private cars. You can get other required information about the airport and the flight from the internet, or you can directly reach the airport management at 91-461-71565 and 91-461-71265.

The good news for the tourists is that there has been a plan to upgrade the Tuticorin airport. The plan includes the expansion of the terminal as well as the capacity of the runway and the airport to handle a wide-bodied aircraft, as currently it is handling only ATRs. This means that there will be more flights and much better services and access to this area in the future.

Flights that leave from Tuticorin Airport TCR

Tuticorin to Chennai flights.