Nonstop flight route between Chennai (Madras), India and Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India and Ohrid Airport (OHD), Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,049 miles (or 6,516 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 Ohrid 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 Ohrid 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):

• In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
• 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.
• 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 is the home to India's biggest air traffic control centre.
• As of 2011, the annual capacity of the domestic terminal is 6 million passengers, but more than 7 million use it.
• The cargo complex consists of two divisions, namely, the export and the import facilities.
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
• 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.
• The Air Cargo Complex at the Chennai airport was established in 1978, when all regulatory and facilitating agencies were brought under one roof for faster processing/clearance of international cargo, to cater for air cargo movement in the southern region.

Facts about Ohrid Airport (OHD):

• Ohrid Airport (OHD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ohrid Airport handled 7,804 passengers last year.
• Among other concessions the terminal building encompasses an information desk, a restaurant, a duty-free shop, and a VIP lounge.
• In addition to being known as "Ohrid Airport", other names for OHD include "Аеродром Охрид" and "Aerodrom Ohrid".
• On 20 November 1993 Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yak 42D crashed near the airport.
• The closest airport to Ohrid Airport (OHD) is Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) WNW of OHD.
• The furthest airport from Ohrid Airport (OHD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,544 miles (18,578 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.