Trivandrum International Airport is one of the three International Airports of Kerala. The capital of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum as it was known earlier, is just 3.7 km away from Trivandrum International Airport. The airport owes its existence to 1932 when it was established to cater to the Kerala Flying Club. Recently in the year 1991 Trivandrum Airport was upgraded to the standard of an International Airport. Trivandrum International Airport is the first International Airport of India situated outside the metropolitan cities of India. Trivandrum Airport is one of the busiest airports of Kerala catering to the needs of the state as well as southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

A number of airlines operate domestic as well as International flights from the airport. Some of the domestic airlines companies include the names of Air India, Air India Express, Indian Airlines, Air Deccan, Air Sahara, Jet Airways, and Kingfisher Airlines. These airlines operate direct flights to Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Calicut, Goa, Kochi, Coimbatore, and Kozhikode. Among the International Airlines that operate flights from Trivandrum International Airport mention may be made of Air Arabia, Air India, Air India Express, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Mahan Air, Silk Air, Air France, Mahan Air, and Emirates. These international airlines operate direct flights from the airport to Kuwait, Singapore, Maldives, Colombo, Sharjah, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and via flights to most of the destinations of the world.

Trivandrum International Airport provides all its passengers with all the modern state of art facilities like Rest Rooms, Wheel Chair, Trollies, Parking facility, Excellent Transport facilities, money Exchange facility, STD/ISD/PCO facility, Child Care, Lost and Found facility and all other facilities that one can expect in an International Airport. Thus Trivandrum International Airport is no doubt best of its kind.