Transport
Air: 
The city has an airport (Coimbatore Airport) at Peelamedu (11 km from the city) and an air-force base at Sulur (15 km). The Coimbatore airport caters to domestic flights to all the major Indian cities and international flights to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Muscat, Sharjah and Colombo. The Extended Runway is now ready at Coimbatore airport. It now runs to 9,760 feet (2,970 m) and is capable of handling wide-bodied and “fat-bellied” aircraft, such as are used for international flights. With the extended runway, airlines can operate aircraft types such as 747 SP, A 330, 747-300B, 747-300 ER, 747-400 and 747-200.
Rail:
Trains first began serving Coimbatore in 1872, upon construction of the Podanur (Coimbatore South) -Madras line connecting Kerala and the west coast with the rest of India. Broad gauge trains connect Coimbatore to all parts of India and Tamil Nadu. Meter gauge line existed between Podanur and Dindigul got closed on May 2009 and is under gauge conversion. The Coimbatore Junction is well connected to major Indian cities like Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai, besides the neighbouring State of Kerala. It is second highest revenue yielding station in the Southern Railway division of Indian Railways.
Road:
The city has six major arterial roads and three National Highways,
The city has six major arterial roads and three National Highways,
- NH-47 (Kanyakumari–Salem)
- NH-67 (Mysore–Nagappattinam)
- NH 209 (Bangalore–Dindigul)
- Gandhipuram Bus Stand (Buses going to Erode, Tirupur, Mettupalayam, Ooty, Salem, Bangalore, Chennai and other distant places)
- Singanallur Bus Stand (Buses going to Madurai, Trichirapalli, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and nearby towns)
- Town Bus Stand (Local Buses) Thiruvalluvar Bus Stand
- Gandhipuram (SETC and Kerala State Buses)
- Ukkadam Bus Stand (Buses to Palakkad, Pollachi, Palani, Dindigul, Kodaikanal and other nearby places).
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