The nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport, which is 65 km by road, which has regular flights to New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Sharjah and Singapore.
It was discovered in 1934 by S. P. Sundaram, an Indian student from Sathyamangalam.
Annur is one of the fast growing suburbs in the Coimbatore Rural district with its sound business acumen, well connected roads to nearby towns like Mettupalayam, Avinashi, Tirupur and Sathyamangalam.