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'''Thiruvananthapuram International Airport''' {{airport codes|TRV|VOTV}}, 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.<ref name="aai">{{Cite web|url=http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/thiru_general.jsp|title=Thiruvananathapuram|website=Airports Authority of India|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125002751/http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/thiru_general.jsp|archive-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> It is the [[airline hub|operating base]] of [[Air India]], [[Air India Express]], [[IndiGo]] and [[SpiceJet]]. Spread over an area of {{convert|700|acre}}, the airport is approximately {{convert|3.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} due west from the [[central business district|city centre]] and the [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple]],<ref name="aai" /> {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Kovalam]] beach, {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Technopark Trivandrum|Technopark]] and {{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the under-construction [[Vizhinjam International Seaport]]. It shares a visible proximity to [[Shankumugham Beach]] making it the nearest airport to the [[Arabian sea|sea]] in India, just about 0.6 miles (approx. 1 km) away from the sea.
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is the second busiest airport in the state of Kerala, eighth busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2022|title=Cial Retains Spot As Third-busiest Airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/cial-retains-spot-as-third-busiest-airport/articleshow/89232238.cms|access-date=22 February 2022|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and the [[List of busiest airports in India|15th]] overall in India in the month of August 2023. In the financial year 2022-23, the airport handled around 3.5 million passengers, with a total of around 25,000 aircraft movements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k23Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k23Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=22 April 2023}}</ref>
In addition to civil operations, the airport headquarters the [[Southern Air Command (India)]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and the [[Indian Coast Guard]] for their operations. IAF has an exclusive apron to handle all their operations. Thiruvananthapuram Airport also caters to the [[Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology]], which carries out [[pilot training]] activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajivgandhiacademyforaviationtechnology.org/|title=Rajiv Gandhi Academy For Aviation Technology - Thiruvananthapuram|date=13 July 2018|website=Rajiv Gandhi Academy For Aviation Technology|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717062920/http://www.rajivgandhiacademyforaviationtechnology.org/|archive-date=17 July 2017|access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref> The airport hosts [[Air India]]'s narrow body [[Maintenance, repair and operations|maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit]] consisting of twin hangars for servicing [[Boeing 737]]-type aircraft, servicing mostly [[Air India Express]] aircraft.
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