The airport terminals & surroundings are good, cle...

The airport terminals & surroundings are good, clean & spacious , but the restaurants & coffee shops are limited.

This is an International Airport which primarily serve the cities of Trivandrum, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and Kollam. It is the first airport in the state of Kerala, India. It was the fifth international airport of India declared by then Prime Minister of India, V. P. Singh in 1991.The airport is a primary base for Air India Express operations and is a focus city for Air India, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo, etc.

This airport terminal is approximately 3.7 km (2.3 mi) due west from the city centre,16 km (9.9 mi) from Kovalam beach, 13 km (8.1 mi) from Technopark Thiruvananthapuram and 21 km (13 mi) from the under construction Vizhinjam International Seaport spread over an area of 700 acres (280 ha). There are flights to Middle eastern and South eastern countries from here.