Mangaluru International Airport recorded its highest-ever passenger traffic in the financial year 2025, handling 2.32 million passengers, officials said on Saturday.
This marks a 15.34% increase over the 2.01 million passengers in 2023-24 and a 24.1% rise compared to the pre-Covid-19 figures of 2019-20, according to a statement issued by the Mangaluru airport.
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"Of the total passengers, 1.61 million were domestic travellers, a 14.55% increase from the previous year. International passenger numbers rose by 17.15% to 7.15 lakh, up from 6.10 lakh in FY2023-24," it stated.
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According to the statement, the airport also handled 16,816 air traffic movements in fiscal 2025, up 11.26% from 15,113 in the previous year. This includes a 22.14% increase in international ATMs (4,286 compared to 3,509) and an 8.94% growth in domestic ATMs (12,244 compared to 11,239).
Cargo operations also saw growth. Domestic cargo handled totalled 3,864.1 metric tonne, up from 3,706.02 MT in 2023-24, it said.
"International cargo operations, which began in July 2024, recorded 1,347.07 MT — comprising 1,346.27 MT of outbound and 0.79 MT of inbound cargo — by the end of the financial year," it added.
"April 2025 saw a monthly record of 2,17,893 passengers—1,43,117 domestic and 74,776 international — making it the airport's busiest month since commissioning operations on Oct. 31, 2020. The airport also handled its highest-ever daily passenger count of 8,103 on April 12," it further said.
Compared with fiscal 2019-20, domestic passenger traffic in fiscal 2024-25 grew by 23.61% and international traffic by 25.21%, with total passenger numbers up 24.10%, the statement added.
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