Nonstop flight route between Chennai (Madras), India and Boké, Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India and Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ), Boké, Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,343 miles (or 10,208 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 Boké Baralande 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 Boké Baralande Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chennai International Airport (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.
• Chennai is the home to India's biggest air traffic control centre.
• One more test flight was conducted at the Island Grounds in 1914, when J.
• 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.
• The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.
• The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
• Chennai International Airport formerly, Madras International Airport is the primary airport serving the southern Indian metropolis of Chennai.
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
• In 2001, Chennai Airport became the first international airport in the country to receive ISO 9001-2000 certification.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the second airport near Sriperumbudur under consideration, the project for a parallel runway has been put on hold and the total land required for the airport expansion reduced from 1069.99 acres to 800 acres.
• 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".

Facts about Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ):

• The furthest airport from Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Boké Baralande Airport (meaning Boké Baralande Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,207 miles (19,645 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ) is Fria Airport (FIG), which is located 64 miles (104 kilometers) SE of BKJ.