The airport has one runway, which was extended from to in 2008 to accommodate larger aircraft. In 2008, the airport was expanded at a cost of with the addition of nine parking bays,
aero bridges and
Instrument Landing System (ILS). In 2010, separate domestic and international divisions were added to the existing common terminal. There are two hangars in the airport; one provides housing for the planes of Coimbatore Flying Club, the other provides shelter for private carriers. The airport has a parking management system with a capacity to accommodate nearly 300 cars. In 2019,
Airports Authority of India (AAI) proposed to construct a new domestic departure terminal building on the eastern side of the airport and a new integrated
Air Traffic Control tower and administrative building. The new terminal was planned on a area at an estimated cost of . The project also involved the addition of three aero bridges and an additional parking lot to accommodate 100 cars. The construction of the new terminal building was slated to increase the handling capacity of the airport to three million passengers per annum. Multiple tenders for the construction of the new terminal building and associated works have been released by AAI since 2020. In December 2022, the central government announced plans for further investment of for the modernisation and expansion of the airport. It was announced that the works would commence once the requisite land acquisition is complete and the expanded airport was projected to be able to handle 15 million passengers per annum. == Airlines and destinations ==