Nonstop flight route between Stockholm, Sweden and Chennai (Madras), India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Stockholm, Sweden and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,489 miles (or 7,224 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 Stockholm Arlanda 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 Stockholm Arlanda 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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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN):

• Taxi fares are unregulated in Sweden nowadays, meaning taxis can claim any price as long as they follow the price list shown in the taxi and sticked on the side window.
• Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Arlanda Airport", another name for ARN is "Stockholm-Arlanda flygplats".
• In 2013, Stockholm Arlanda Airport handled 20,681,396 passengers.
• The closest airport to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) is Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) S of ARN.
• Because of Stockholm Arlanda Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Arlanda 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.
• Scandinavian Airlines has its head office on the airport property.
• Helicopter hangars and maintenance facilities are found at the very eastern part of the airport operated by Patria Helicopters.
• The furthest airport from Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,187 miles (18,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):

• The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
• 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.
• 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 secondary runway, which was initially 2,035-m long, was closed in 2009 to extend it over the Adyar river by means of a bridge over the watercourse at a cost of 4,300 million.
• The history of civil aviation in India began in December 1912, with the opening of the first domestic air route between Karachi and Delhi by the Indian state Air services in collaboration with the Imperial Airways, United Kingdom.
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
• 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.