The airport, located on the NH 210 Tiruchirapalli – Rameswaram highway, is 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city center.
Trichy Airport is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Airport.
Trichy airport was declared an international airport on 4 October 2012 along with Lucknow, Varanasi, Coimbatore and Mangalore airports. and the same was notified by AAI on 22 October 2012.
This airport was built by the British during World War II and primarily used by the British Airforce during the world wars.
Damaged aircraft which landed at the airport were taken to a workshop in Ponmalai, at a distance of 2 km, repaired and brought back into service.
The airport was given permission for civilian operations after the war ended.
Air Ceylon (Srilankan Airlines) began operations in the late '40s while Indian started services before 1980.
Both airlines operated flights from Trichy to Colombo through Jaffna.
The airport was a Customs Airport until 4 October 2012, when it was given an International Airport status by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The Indra ATS Automation system was installed at Trichy in April, 2012 to help the Air Traffic Control increase safety and security at the airport.
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