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How To Reach Kodaikanal By Air

Kodaikanal is a hill station located on the Western Ghats. It is located near Palani and comes under the Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. There is no airport located here and there are some airports located nearer to this place from which you can get to Kodaikanal.

Airports Near Kodaikanal, Their Type, Distance And Driving Time To Kodaikanal

Airport	Code	Type	Distance	Time
Tiruchirapalli Airport	TRZ / VOTR	International	198 km	3 hr 42 min
Coimbatore International Airport	CJB / VOCB	International	172 km	3 hr 40 min
Bengaluru International Airport	BLR / VOBL	International	464 km	7 hr 20 min
Calicut International Airport	CCJ / VOCL	International	312 km	6 hr 8 min
Chennai International Airport	MAA / VOMM	International	523 km	8 hr 14 min
Salem Airport	SXV / VOSM	Domestic	268 km	4 hr 32 min
Madurai Airport	IXM / VOMD	Domestic	115 km	2 hr 33 min

Coimbatore International Airport is the nearest airport to Kodaikanal.

Airlines that fly from and to Coimbatore and their connecting places

Connecting Places	Airlines
Bangalore	Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Air Sahara, Jetair
Calicut	Indian Airlines
Chennai	Paramount, Air Deccan, Spicejet, Jetair, Indian Airlines
New Delhi	Indian Airlines, Air Sahara, Spicejet
Cochin	Air Deccan, Indian Airlines
Hyderabad	Paramount, Air Deccan, Spicejet
Mumbai	Jetair, Air Sahara, Spicejet, Indian Airlines, Air Deccan

From Coimbatore, buses and trains are available to Kodaikanal. You can either take direct buses or travel to Palani and proceed from there.

How To Reach Kodaikanal By Train

There is no railway station located in Kodaikanal and the nearest railway station is in Kodai Road which is 80 kilometers away from Kodaikanal. From there you have to hire a taxi or board a bus to reach Kodaikanal. The major railway junction that is nearer to this place is Coimbatore Junction.

The code of Kodaikanal Road station is KQN.

The code of Coimbatore Junction is CBE.

Trains to Kodaikanal Road from other destinations

Starting Station	Train Name	Train Number
Tiruchendur	TCN Chennai Express	16736
Madurai	MDU VM Passenger	56706
Chennai Egmore	MS – TCN Express	16735
Hazrat Nizamuddin	Tirukkural Express	12642
Mysore	Mys – TN Express	16732
Erode	ED / MV – TEN Passenger	56825
Tirunelveli	TEN – ED / JAT Express	16787
Mumbai	CSTM – NCJ Express	16339
Tuticorin	Pearl City Express	12694

List of trains passing through Kodaikanal Road Station

List of trains passing through Coimbatore Junction

How To Reach Kodaikanal By Road

There are many tourist buses to Kodaikanal plying from Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem and Erode. There are ordinary buses and luxury buses. From Kodai road, you can travel by cabs also. They are available on pre-booking and it will take 2 hours to reach Kodaikanal from Kodai Road.