Nonstop flight route between Chennai (Madras), India and São Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India and Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX), São Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,298 miles (or 14,964 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 Hélio Wasum 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 Hélio Wasum 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 cargo complex consists of two divisions, namely, the export and the import facilities.
• In addition to being known as "Chennai International Airport", another name for MAA is "Madras Airport Meenambakkam Airport சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானுர்தி நிலையம்".
• 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 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.
• Chennai airport is the regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India for the southern region of India comprising the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala and the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
• 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 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.
• Following the Performance-Based Navigation system and the air traffic control automation, in 2011, the AAI initiated a pilot project on a Ground-Based Augmentation System, as part of implementing Gagan in the country.

Facts about Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX):

• The furthest airport from Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to Hélio Wasum Airport (meaning Hélio Wasum Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.
• The closest airport to Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) NNE of SQX.
• Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Hélio Wasum Airport", another name for SQX is "Aeroporto Hélio Wasum".