Mangaluru International Airport handles a record 2.32mn pax in FY 2024-25

Mangaluru International Airport handles a record 2.32mn pax in FY 2024-25

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 17, 2025: Mangaluru International Airport has managed the highest ever passenger numbers in the financial year 2024-25. With 2.32 million (mn) passengers, the airport has surpassed its previous record of 2.26 mn passengers handled in FY2017-18. The growth is 24.1 percent compared to the pre-Covid19 FY2019-20, when the airport managed 1.87 mn passengers.
 
The airport managed an additional 15.34 percent passengers in FY2024-25 as against the previous FY2023-24 when 2.01mn passengers were managed. In real terms, the airport handled 3.09 lakh more passengers in 2024-25 vis-à-vis the previous FY.

 
The spurt in passenger growth comes primarily from the domestic sector, with 1.61 million passengers passing through the airport in FY2024-25 as against 1.40 million passengers in the previous FY, a growth of 14.55 percent. The number of international passengers travelling jumped by 17.15 percent in FY2024-25 with 7.15 lakh passengers travelling to various overseas destinations as against 6.10 lakh passengers in FY2023-24.
 
The airport has also recorded a growth in air traffic movements (ATMs) in FY2024-25 where it managed 16,816 domestic, international and general aviation traffic. This is 11.26 percent higher than the 15,113 ATMs in FY2023-24. On the international sector, the airport recorded a 22.14 percent increase in ATMs, having handled 4,286 ATMs in FY 2024-25 against 3,509 in the previous fiscal. On the domestic front, the growth in ATMs for FY 2024-25 is 8.94 percent (12,244 ATMs vis-à-vis 11,239 ATMs in FY2023-24)
 
On the cargo front, the airport handled 3,864.1 metric tonnes (MT) of domestic cargo in FY2024-25 as compared to 3,706.02 MT of cargo in FY2023-24. Domestic cargo operations at the Integrated Cargo Terminal began on 01 May 2023. Likewise, on the international front, the airport started cargo operations from July 2024 and handled 1347.07 MT of cargo, including 1,346.27 tonnes of outbound and 0.79 MT of inbound cargo till 31 March 2025.
 
Record Passengers in April 2025

The airport began FY 2025-26 with robust growth on the passenger front, managing 217,893 passengers in April 2025, the highest per month passengers since COD of October 31, 2020. This includes 143,117 domestic and 74,776 international passengers spread across 1,182 domestic and 392 international ATMs. The airport thus bettered its previous highest number of 213,256 passengers set in January 2025. The airport also handled its highest ever 8,103 passengers for a single day on 12 April 2025, bettering the 8,086-mark achieved on 22 February 2025.