Nonstop flight route between A Coruña, Spain and Chennai (Madras), India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between A Coruña Airport (LCG), A Coruña, Spain and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,534 miles (or 8,905 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 large distance between A Coruña Airport and Chennai International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between A Coruña Airport and Chennai International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about A Coruña Airport (LCG):

• The closest airport to A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of LCG.
• In addition to being known as "A Coruña Airport", another name for LCG is "Aeroporto da Coruña-Alvedro".
• The first airport was built on the Alvedro meseta in the municipality of Culleredo.
• Current and future projects include the expansion of parking facilities, an upgrade of the ILS system from Category II to Category III, a short runway expansion, and expanded aircraft parking facilities.
• The furthest airport from A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), which is nearly antipodal to A Coruña Airport (meaning A Coruña Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ashburton Aerodrome), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Ashburton, New Zealand.
• A Coruña Airport (LCG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of A Coruña Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at A Coruña 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.

Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):

• 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.
• 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 closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
• As of 2011, the annual capacity of the domestic terminal is 6 million passengers, but more than 7 million use it.
• In 2009, an integrated cargo complex was planned in the cargo complex of the airport.
• The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.
• Chennai airport is the regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India for the southern region of India comprising the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala and the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
• The international and the domestic terminals cover an area of 1.5 km2 and 1.8 km2, respectively.
• As a first step towards integrating the entire airspace in the country, the automation system at the ATC in Chennai Airport was commissioned on 1 October 2011.
• In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".