Nonstop flight route between Chennai (Madras), India and Spencer, Iowa, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from MAA to SPW:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- MAA Airport Information
- SPW Airport Information
- Facts about MAA
- Facts about SPW
- Map of Nearest Airports to MAA
- List of Nearest Airports to MAA
- Map of Furthest Airports from MAA
- List of Furthest Airports from MAA
- Map of Nearest Airports to SPW
- List of Nearest Airports to SPW
- Map of Furthest Airports from SPW
- List of Furthest Airports from SPW
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India and Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW), Spencer, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,546 miles (or 13,754 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 Chennai International Airport and Spencer Municipal 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 Chennai International Airport and Spencer Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAA / VOMM |
Airport Names: |
|
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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SPW / KSPW |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Spencer, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°9'56"N by 95°12'10"W |
Area Served: | Spencer, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Spencer |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1339 feet (408 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SPW |
More Information: | SPW Maps & Info |
Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):
- The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
- The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
- Chennai airport does not have rapid exit taxiways that help pilots to vacate a runway without slowing down the aircraft soon after landing.
- 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.
- Chennai is among the four flight information centres in the country besides Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and the Chennai ATC has Hyderabad, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Bangalore under its control.
- Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
- Chennai is the home to India's biggest air traffic control centre.
- Madras had one of the first airports in India and was the final destination of Air India's first flight from Bombay via Belgaum in 1954.
- The cargo complex consists of two divisions, namely, the export and the import facilities.
- 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.
Facts about Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW):
- The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time but it was once the home of Great Lakes Airlines.
- Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW) is Jackson Municipal Airport (MJQ), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NNE of SPW.
- In addition to being known as "Spencer Municipal Airport", another name for SPW is "Northwest Iowa Regional AirportSpencer Army Airfield".
- The furthest airport from Spencer Municipal Airport (SPW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,691 miles (17,206 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.