Ebix prepaid taxi · 45-60 min from Kannur railway station
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
IXE7.0+0.6
CNN6.4
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
IXE6.4+0.4
CNN6.0
Food & retail
Best for
IXE
Mangaluru / Udupi / coastal Karnataka trips ticketed into IXE (not BLR / GOI / GOX / CCJ / CNN)Gulf / Middle East connections on Air India Express or IndiGo when the PNR matchesDomestic DigiYatra users who want the coastal city airport instead of a Bengaluru connection
Watch out for
IXE
IXE (VOML) ≠ BLR Bengaluru ≠ GOI Dabolim ≠ GOX Mopa ≠ CCJ Kozhikode ≠ CNN KannurTabletop primary runway 06/24 — MoCA 2,330 m vs older ~2,450 m summaries; confirm AIP for performance-limited departuresLive Priority Pass soft directory = none — Adani CIP Departure is landside Pre-SHA; Arrival CIP is after reclaim only
IXE · Adani-operated coastal Karnataka tabletop-runway gateway at Bajpe — one NITB for domestic and Gulf-heavy international banks, DigiYatra live for domestic travellers, CIP/Pranaam paid landside lounges via Adani One, and no Priority Pass soft room — still a monsoon / short-strip airport where prepaid taxi beats any invented metro.
CNN · Kannur is a single swing terminal at Mattannur, opened in December 2018 for north Kerala's Gulf traffic. Financial year 2024-25 was 1,364,038 passengers, about 72 percent of them international, and calendar 2025 is published as about 1.51 million.
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
IXE5.8+0.4
CNN5.4
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
IXE6.8+2.4
CNN4.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
IXE5.4+0.4
CNN5.0
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
IXE4.2
CNN5.6+1.4
Travellers who can use prepaid taxi / signed app cabs and will not invent a metro
CNN
Gulf trips on Air India Express or IndiGo from one terminalA shower in Pearl Lounge Departure before a long flightA priced rest in the basement hotel between banks of flights
Single strip + monsoon / low-vis footnotes — DigiYatra does not replace international CIQ buffers
CNN
Be there 3 hours before an international flight; check-in closes 60 minutes before departureHand baggage liquids are limited to 100 ml containers, and the FAQ prints no bag totalNo rail link, and neither the KSRTC page nor the prepaid-taxi page prints a farePearl's airport page and Priority Pass disagree on the hours and the gate number
Prepaid taxi / app cabs
Landside sealed water / compact F&B
Tabletop strip + Gulf banks — DigiYatra helps domestic only
DigiYatra ≠ immigration; tabletop weather still owns the clock.
One NITB campus — ignore dual-hall boilerplate
Single integrated terminal; boarding-pass SHA beats blog maps.
Landside sealed water is Plan A — CIP drinks need a booking
Landside bottles beat airside markup; no PP soft-lounge drinks.
