Nonstop flight route between Chennai (Madras), India and Barra, Bahia, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India and Barra Airport (BQQ), Barra, Bahia, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,611 miles (or 13,857 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 Barra 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 Barra 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):

• The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
• The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.
• 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.
• 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.
• As of 2012, Chennai airport has less than 50 percent of the total sanctioned immigration, customs and security officers.
• In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
• The first part to be built was the international terminal which had two aerobridges, followed by the domestic terminal with three aerobridges.
• 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.
• 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.
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.

Facts about Barra Airport (BQQ):

• In addition to being known as "Barra Airport", another name for BQQ is "Aeroporto de Barra".
• The closest airport to Barra Airport (BQQ) is Barreiras Airport (BRA), which is located 144 miles (232 kilometers) WSW of BQQ.
• The furthest airport from Barra Airport (BQQ) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is nearly antipodal to Barra Airport (meaning Barra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yap International Airport), and is located 12,300 miles (19,794 kilometers) away in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Barra.
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Barra Airport (BQQ) currently has only 1 runway.