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title: "How much air cargo does Chennai airport handle | SSL"
description: "Chennai International Airport in Chennai handled 4,22,516 tonnes of freight in FY2025-26, against 3,79,154 tonnes in FY2024-25. Of the FY2025-26 total"
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# How much air cargo does Chennai International Airport handle?

Short answer

Chennai International Airport in Chennai handled 4,22,516 tonnes of freight in FY2025-26, against 3,79,154 tonnes in FY2024-25.

Of the FY2025-26 total, 3,29,865 tonnes was international and 92,651 tonnes domestic. It ranks number 4 among India's airports by FY2024-25 freight. Our desk plans air freight door to door, and SSL runs the road legs at both ends.

Period: FY2025-26. Data as of 29 Sep 2026. [How we count](https://safeandsecure.in/facts/)

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## The numbers behind this answer

**Air freight, FY2025-26**: 4,22,516 tonnes

**Air freight, FY2024-25**: 3,79,154 tonnes

**International, FY2025-26**: 3,29,865 tonnes

**Domestic, FY2025-26**: 92,651 tonnes

**Rank by FY2024-25 freight**: 4

## Sources

1. [Airports Authority of India: Traffic News, March 2026, Annexure IV (freight, cumulative April-March)](https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k26Annex4.pdf)

Period: FY2025-26. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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