Nonstop flight route between Benguera Island, Mozambique and Chennai (Madras), India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Benguerra Island Airport (BCW), Benguera Island, Mozambique and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,870 miles (or 6,229 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 Benguerra Island 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 Benguerra Island Airport and Chennai International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCW / |
| Airport Name: | Benguerra Island Airport |
| Location: | Benguera Island, Mozambique |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°51'11"S by 35°26'17"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BCW |
| More Information: | BCW 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 Benguerra Island Airport (BCW):
- The furthest airport from Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,744 miles (18,900 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) is Indigo Bay Lodge Airport (IBL), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of BCW.
- Benguerra Island Airport (BCW) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):
- The upcoming import cargo storage and processing facility would have a capacity to handle almost 800,000 tonnes of cargo annually from the existing 150,000 tonnes.
- 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.
- In 2009, an integrated cargo complex was planned in the cargo complex of the airport.
- The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
- On 15 October 1932, when J.
- 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.
- In February 2012, airport authorities announced that only about 2,160 m of the secondary runway would be operationalised as there will be 330 m permanent displacement at GST road side and 780 m displacement at the other end.
- Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
- The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.
- 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.
