World's Largest Solar Powered Airport

Interesting Fact About Solar Powered Airport...

On August 18, 2015, Cochin International Airport was declared by Oommen chandy. 

The first fully solar-powered airport with the inauguration of a dedicated solar plant.

Funded by the government of Kerala foreign investors, it is the first Indian airport to have been build under public-private-partnership model.

Cochin International Airport runs on a 45-acre plot of 46,000 solar panels producing 60,000 units of electricity a day.

Top View of Solar Panel

The Cochin International Airport in Kerala is setting example for the rest of the world by contributing towards the environment.

Cochin International Airport is the seventh busiest airport, with more than 1,000 flights a week.

The Cochin airport is the first greenfield airport in India.