Mangalore International Airport Creates a Record by Handling Highest-Ever Number of Passengers

The Mangalore International Airport created a record of sorts in December 2023 by handling the highest-ever number of passengers in a month and in a day. The airport handled 2.03 lakh passengers, the highest ever since its commercial operation date of October 31, 2020. On December 31, it handled 7,548 passengers, improving the previous mark of 7,468 passengers handled on November 25, 2023.

Contributing to the record 2.03 lakh passenger mark is the fact that Mangalore International Airport clocked 12 days in December where it handled 7000 plus passengers with the 7,548 passengers handled on New Year’s Eve being the highest. The bulk of this 7,000 plus passenger travel came during the weekends — December 9-10, 16-17, 23-25 and 30-31. The airport recorded a footfall of 7,089, 7,220, and 7,034 respectively in the three days up to Christmas.

The general increase in air traffic movements (ATMs) has been observed since October 29, 2023, when the winter schedule came into effect.