Nonstop flight route between Maamigili, Maldives and Chennai (Madras), India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Villa International Airport (VAM), Maamigili, Maldives and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 826 miles (or 1,329 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Villa International Airport and Chennai International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAM / VRMV |
Airport Name: | Villa International Airport |
Location: | Maamigili, Maldives |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°28'14"N by 72°50'8"E |
Area Served: | Maamigili, Alif Dhaal Atoll, Maldives |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VAM |
More Information: | VAM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAA / VOMM |
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Location: | Chennai (Madras), India |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°58'55"N by 80°9'48"E |
Area Served: | Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur,Vellore districts |
Operator/Owner: | Government of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 52 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MAA |
More Information: | MAA Maps & Info |
Facts about Villa International Airport (VAM):
- The closest airport to Villa International Airport (VAM) is Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NE of VAM.
- Maamigili Airport, March 2013
- Maamigili Airport Apron, March 2013
- Maamigili Airport Airside, March 2013
- The furthest airport from Villa International Airport (VAM) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,252 miles (18,108 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Because of Villa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Villa International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Villa International Airport (VAM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):
- In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
- Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
- The cargo complex consists of two divisions, namely, the export and the import facilities.
- The furthest airport from Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,351 miles (18,268 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Chennai airport does not have rapid exit taxiways that help pilots to vacate a runway without slowing down the aircraft soon after landing.
- The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
- Chennai airport is the centre of the southern flight information region, one of the four FIRs that the Indian air space is divided into.
- An air cargo complex was commissioned on 1 February 1978 for processing of import, export, and transshipment cargo, in addition to unaccompanied luggage, which is the second gateway air cargo terminal in the country after the one at Kolkata airport.
- Because of Chennai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Chennai International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The aviation history of the city began in 1910, when a city-based Corsican hotelier Giacomo D'Angelis built an aircraft and tested it.