Kochi (India) airport
| Kochi Airport
Cochin International Airport കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VOCI |
| IATA code | COK |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 5 m (16 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Airports Authority of India |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 7,483,199 (2015) |
| Air freight | 73,526 t (2015) |
| Flight movements |
54,739 (2015) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 09/27 | 3400 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Cochin International Airport , and Cochin International Airport ( Malayalam : കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം ) or Nedumbassery Airport called ( IATA code : COK, ICAO code : VOCI) is an international traffic airport in the Indian state of Kerala .
It is located 27 kilometers northeast of Kochi near the village of Nedumbassery in the Ernakulam district , about three kilometers north of the Periyar River. The airport has a runway as well as the adjacent terminals "International" and "Domestic". The airport has a fast road connection to Kochi via its own feeder to the NH 47.
The owner is Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) and the airport operator is the Airports Authority of India .
Airlines
A number of major airlines from India and other Asian countries use this airport.
Photovoltaic systems
On August 19, 2015, it was announced in a press release that the airport will be the first in the world to be entirely powered by solar power . This should save 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide over the course of 25 years . The solar system is located next to the air cargo area. 46,150 solar modules with a total output of 12 megawatts peak were installed on an area of 45 hectares . Further PV systems are located on the arrival terminal (100 kWp) as well as on and next to the maintenance hangar (1 MWp).
In 2018, the airport was named Champion of the Earth by the United Nations as part of the UN Environment Program for its innovative energy supply .
See also
Web links
- www.cochin-airport.in: Cochin International Airport Limited - Official Site (Engl.)
- Cochin International Airport - Airports Authority of India (Engl.)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Asetalvad: India Reveals world's first 100 percent solar-powered airport. In: theverge.com. August 19, 2015, accessed August 19, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Kochi airport becomes world's first to completely operate on solar power. In: cial.aero. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
- ^ Cochin International Airport World's first solar power airport on the UN Environment Program website, accessed December 26, 2019.
