--- iata: TRZ name: Tiruchirappalli International Airport city: Tiruchirappalli country: India lastUpdated: '2026-09-08' officialWebsite: 'https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/tiruchirapalli' sources: - 'https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/tiruchirapalli' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_International_Airport' - >- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/trichy-airport-crosses-2mn-passengers-mark-logs-record-cargo-in-fy26/articleshow/129988334.cms - >- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/trichy-airport-records-rs82-9cr-profit-new-atc-tower-by-dec/articleshow/133266969.cms - >- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/tiruchi-airport-records-rise-in-cargo-and-passenger-traffic/article70812021.ece - >- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/new-integrated-passenger-terminal-building-at-tiruchi-international-airport-becomes-operational/article68277642.ece - >- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/integrated-terminal-of-trichy-airport-becomes-operational/articleshow/110888646.cms - >- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/fast-track-immigration-system-inaugurated-at-tiruchi-airport/article70037661.ece - >- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/durai-vaiko-seeks-digi-yatra-facility-at-tiruchi-international-airport/article70148834.ece - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/india/tiruchirappalli-international - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/india/tiruchirappalli-international/trz1-ovetra-domestic-departure-lounge - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/india/tiruchirappalli-international/trz2-ovetra-international-departure-lounge - >- https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/tiruchirapalli-international-airport-expansion-project/ quickFacts: - >- Tiruchirappalli International Airport (IATA TRZ / ICAO VOTR; also styled Tiruchi / Trichy Airport) is Tamil Nadu’s AAI-run Cauvery-delta gateway on NH-336 about 5 km south of the city centre. Owner is the Ministry of Civil Aviation; operator is the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Official AAI passenger page: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/tiruchirapalli. Screenshot TRZ (VOTR) ≠ MAA (Chennai) ≠ CJB (Coimbatore) ≠ IXM (Madurai) — the wrong Tamil Nadu IATA is a multi-hour road day, not an airside hop. This is a pure AAI public civil field (historic WWII RAF use is history, not today’s passenger product) — not a passenger enclave on an active naval or air-force base. - >- One new integrated passenger terminal (~75,000 m²; ~₹1,112 crore; inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 January 2024; civil ops from 11 June 2024) handles all scheduled domestic and international flows. Design capacity is about 4.45–4.5 million passengers a year / ~3,480 peak-hour passengers on public AAI / ToI summaries, with 11 boarding gates / five aerobridges, 26 domestic + 34 international check-in counters, and landside parking for ~1,250 cars plus bus / EV charging bays. The 2009 terminal was vacated for passenger check-in when the new hall opened; the original pre-2009 shell is cargo, not today’s boarding. Treat runway-extension CGI and the still-building ATC tower as works-in-progress — not a second passenger campus. - >- Traffic (AAI annexes for FY 2025–26 / 1 Apr 2025–31 Mar 2026, as compiled on Wikipedia from archived Mar2k26 Annex II–IV PDFs and mirrored in ToI / Hindu wraps): 2,221,024 passengers (+13.5%), 18,858 aircraft movements (+8.4%), 7,186.7 t cargo (+11%). Airport-director Independence Day remarks (ToI, 15 Aug 2026) split the same year as ~13.9 lakh international + ~8.2 lakh domestic — international still outweighs domestic, which is unusual among Indian Tier-2 fields. Prefer AAI annex PDFs when auditing. - >- Airfield (AAI / Airport Technology / SkyVector-style summaries for VOTR): single primary runway 09/27 — about 2,427 m × 45 m asphalt (Wikipedia’s summary table sometimes rounds to 2,480 m; operational length cited in expansion briefs and SkyVector is ~2,423–2,427 m / ~7,949 ft with a displaced threshold on 09); aerodrome elevation about 88 m / 288 ft; CAT I ILS on public summaries; night ops. Closed secondary strip 15/33 is taxiway / alternate pavement, not a second passenger runway. AAI has proposed extending 09/27 toward ~3,800 m (~₹2.3 billion) with land acquisition underway through 2025–26 — still not today’s length. DigiYatra is not a confirmed live product here: Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko was still petitioning for DigiYatra in October 2025, and mid-2026 MoCA answers cite ~38–39 live DigiYatra airports without treating Trichy as commissioned — do not invent biometric e-gates from travel-blog “100+ airport” lists. - >- Lounges (live Priority Pass Tiruchirappalli International directory, checked Sep 2026): two O'Vetra soft rooms — O’Vetra Domestic Departure Lounge (domestic airside after the Security Hold Area; PP 00:00–23:59 / max 2h; children under 5 free; standard alcohol listed as extra payment) and O’Vetra International Departure Lounge (international airside after the Security Hold Area; PP 00:00–23:59 / max 3h; children under 5 free; soft drinks listed complimentary). Live PP soft directory = these two O'Vetra pins only — do not invent Plaza Premium / Travel Club / Primus / Airr soft pins from aggregator mirrors. Domestic vs international rooms are not interchangeable after you clear the wrong SHA. - >- Ground: prepaid / official airport taxi counters in arrivals and signed Ola / Uber pickup remain Plan A for the ~5 km NH-336 hop into Cantonment / Central Bus Stand / Rockfort / Srirangam (~15–30 minutes in normal traffic; confirm the board / app quote). TNSTC city / deluxe buses toward Central Bus Stand and major rail heads are the daylight budget option when the live stand board shows an airport-linked route. Tiruchirappalli Junction / Golden Rock / Srirangam stations are separate road transfers — there is no passenger rail or metro platform inside the terminal. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: New hall helps — still budget one short strip and CIQ-heavy banks detail: >- TRZ’s June 2024 integrated terminal is far easier to read than the 2009 shell, but the field remains a single ~2,427 m runway with international-heavy banks (Singapore / Kuala Lumpur / Colombo / Gulf), Gulf-crisis and IndiGo disruption footnotes in FY26 traffic wraps, and no DigiYatra. International travellers should still plan full immigration / customs buffers; FTI-TTP e-gates help only if you already enrolled at ftittp.mha.gov.in. Domestic ~2 hours early / international ~3 hours early remain the sane defaults. summary: New terminal ≠ skip CIQ or DigiYatra buffers that do not exist here. category: timing - label: Terminal title: One June 2024 integrated hall — domestic and international SHA split detail: >- Screenshot TRZ ≠ MAA ≠ CJB ≠ IXM before the car leaves Tiruchi / Thanjavur / Karur / Pudukkottai. All scheduled passengers use the 75,000 m² hall that opened for ops on 11 June 2024. Domestic and international processing streams share the building but split after security — the O'Vetra domestic and international lounges are not a sterile hop from each other. Old-terminal blogs and cargo-shed photos are not today’s check-in map. summary: Single 2024 passenger hall; pick the correct domestic / international SHA. category: terminal - label: Food title: >- Landside sealed water is Plan A — O'Vetra drinks need the matching entitlement detail: >- Buy sealed water and snacks landside before CISF; airside café markup is the usual Indian-airport tax. Live Priority Pass soft rooms are the two O'Vetra pins only — domestic alcohol is listed as extra payment on PP, and international soft drinks are listed complimentary. Ignore Plaza Premium / Travel Club inventions from aggregator mirrors. summary: Landside bottles beat airside pricing; PP = O'Vetra Dom + Intl only. category: food - label: Access title: 'Prepaid taxi Plan A — city is ~5 km, no terminal metro' detail: >- Use official prepaid taxi counters in arrivals or signed Ola / Uber pickup for the short NH-336 run into central Tiruchirappalli (often ~15–30 minutes; confirm the board / app quote). TNSTC buses help in daylight toward Central Bus Stand when signed. Junction / Srirangam / Golden Rock are separate road transfers. Do not invent an in-terminal metro from state transit planning coverage. summary: Short road hop into Tiruchi; metro is not at the kerb. category: status lounges: - name: O'Vetra Domestic Departure Lounge zone: >- Airside domestic departures — after the Security Hold Area (Priority Pass trz1-ovetra-domestic-departure-lounge). hours: '00:00-23:59' access: - Priority Pass / LoungeKey / DragonPass (confirm live PP listing) - Eligible Indian premium credit-card programmes that list this lounge pin - Paid walk-up when the operator offers it (confirm desk) bestFor: - Domestic departures with Priority Pass on any clock window - Travellers clearing CISF who want a soft-lounge sit before boarding summary: >- Live Priority Pass soft lounge for domestic departures in the integrated terminal. Published hours 00:00–23:59 daily; location is airside after the Security Hold Area. PP conditions list a maximum 2 hour stay, children under 5 free, digital card accepted, air-conditioning, flight information, disabled access, and standard alcoholic drinks as extra payment. Do not treat aggregator Plaza Premium names as live soft rooms — the Sep 2026 airport directory lists O'Vetra Domestic + O'Vetra International only. verdict: worth-it terminal: Integrated Terminal (Domestic) amenities: - >- Air conditioning / digital card accepted / flight information / disabled access listed on PP - Standard alcoholic drinks listed as extra payment on PP - Children under 5 admitted free on PP conditions - 'Maximum 2 hour stay on PP conditions; published 00:00–23:59' - name: O'Vetra International Departure Lounge zone: >- Airside international departures — after the Security Hold Area (Priority Pass trz2-ovetra-international-departure-lounge). Near Gate 6 on operator / lounge-guide mirrors of the new terminal — confirm live wayfinding. hours: '00:00-23:59' access: - Priority Pass / LoungeKey / DragonPass (confirm live PP listing) - Eligible Indian premium credit-card programmes that list this lounge pin - Paid walk-up when the operator offers it (confirm desk) bestFor: - >- International departures with Priority Pass before Singapore / KL / Colombo / Gulf banks - >- Travellers who cleared international SHA and want a soft-lounge sit before boarding summary: >- Live Priority Pass soft lounge for international departures in the integrated terminal. Published hours 00:00–23:59 daily; location is airside after the Security Hold Area (operator mirrors often place it near Gate 6 — trust live signs). PP conditions list a maximum 3 hour stay, children under 5 free, digital card accepted, and soft drinks as complimentary. Domestic and international O'Vetra rooms are not a sterile walk from each other after the wrong SHA. verdict: worth-it terminal: Integrated Terminal (International) amenities: - >- Air conditioning / digital card accepted / flight information / disabled access listed on PP - Soft drinks listed complimentary on PP - Children under 5 admitted free on PP conditions - 'Maximum 3 hour stay on PP conditions; published 00:00–23:59' waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: Landside sealed water (check-in / departures hall) zone: landside price: >- Typical Indian-airport sealed-bottle markup — confirm shelf tag (often roughly ₹40–80) summary: >- Best default hydration play — buy sealed water landside before CISF so you are not hostage to airside café pricing after a short city transfer or a long international CIQ bank. location: >- Convenience and café kiosks in the integrated terminal departures / check-in hall before security terminal: Integrated Terminal landside isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: Airside retail water zone: airside price: Higher than landside — confirm shelf tag summary: >- Markup backup once you are through security; fine for a top-up, poor as Plan A. location: >- Post-security café and retail units toward domestic / international gates and SHA terminal: Integrated Terminal airside - kind: free name: O'Vetra soft drinks (with lounge entitlement) zone: airside summary: >- Soft drinks with a valid Priority Pass / programme visit only — domestic alcohol is listed as extra payment on PP; international soft drinks are listed complimentary. Max stay 2h domestic / 3h international. Not a public water fountain substitute for non-members. location: >- Inside the matching O'Vetra Domestic or International Departure Lounge after the correct Security Hold Area terminal: Integrated Terminal airside airportistScore: 6.8 slug: trz region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/trz](/airports/trz). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/trz) - [Lounge directory](/airports/trz/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) Tiruchirappalli, India · Asia-Pacific AAI-run Cauvery-delta gateway — one large June 2024 integrated terminal about 5 km south of Tiruchirappalli, international-heavy banks to Singapore / KL / Colombo / the Gulf, two live Priority Pass O'Vetra soft rooms, and a short road hop into the city — still a single ~2,427 m strip with no DigiYatra and CIQ that can dominate the clock. ## Airportist Score **6.8 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.2 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 6.8 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 5.8 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 8.0 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 5.8 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 7.0 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 2,221,024 (AAI FY 2025–26 via Wikipedia compilation of AAI annexes; +13.5% YoY); ~13.9 lakh international / ~8.2 lakh domestic per Aug 2026 director remarks; cargo 7,186.7 t (+11%); movements 18,858 (+8.4%) - Terminals: Single integrated AAI passenger terminal (~75,000 m²; ops from 11 Jun 2024) for domestic + international; 2009 hall vacated for passenger check-in; older shell is cargo - Typical security: 20 min - On-time: 76% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Central Tamil Nadu / temple-circuit trips that want the local AAI airport instead of a Chennai connection - Priority Pass holders on domestic or international banks (two 24h O'Vetra soft rooms) - International travellers already enrolled in FTI-TTP who can use immigration e-gates ## Watch out for - No DigiYatra — plan full CISF document checks despite the new hall - Domestic and international O'Vetra rooms are not a sterile hop after the wrong SHA - Single ~2,427 m runway 09/27 — monsoon / Gulf / IndiGo shocks can stack delays - TRZ ≠ MAA ≠ CJB ≠ IXM — wrong Tamil Nadu IATA is a multi-hour road day ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/trz/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/trz/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/trz/amenities.md) - [Traveler tips](/airports/trz/tips.md) - [Water](/airports/trz/water.md) - [Full guide](/airports/trz/guide.md) - [Disruptions](/airports/trz/disruptions.md) - [Reviews](/airports/trz/reviews.md)