Airport
The airport is located about 30 km (19 mi) from the central city area of Kochi, and 16 km from Emerald Hills, and amenities such as pre-paid taxis are readily available. Its location near tourist areas and the availability of undeveloped land near the location provides opportunity for growth in the region. This has helped to make it the busiest airport in Kerala.
It is at present the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic (2.5 million passengers including domestic and internatinonal for 2006-2007). There are 464 services in the domestic sector and 314 services in the international sector in Kochi per week[3] It has a full length parallel taxiway of 3,400 m (11,000 ft). The runways are spread over the panchayats, or local administration areas, of Nedumbasserry, Sreemoolanagaram and Kanjoor.
Kochi is currently one of the few Indian airports besides Mumbai,Delhi,Chennai,Bengaluru and Hyderabad which is capable of handling the Airbus A380.[4] Construction of a new international terminal area with duty-free shops has been completed recently.