Nonstop flight route between Weifang, Shandong, China and Chennai (Madras), India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Weifang Airport (WEF), Weifang, Shandong, China and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,908 miles (or 4,680 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 Weifang 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 Weifang 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: | WEF / ZSWF |
| Airport Name: | Weifang Airport |
| Location: | Weifang, Shandong, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°38'48"N by 119°7'5"E |
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from WEF |
| More Information: | WEF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAA / VOMM |
| Airport Names: |
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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 Weifang Airport (WEF):
- Because of Weifang Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Weifang 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 Weifang Airport (WEF) is Olavarría Airport (OVR), which is nearly antipodal to Weifang Airport (meaning Weifang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Olavarría Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Olavarría, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Weifang Airport (WEF) is Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) ESE of WEF.
Facts about Chennai International Airport (MAA):
- 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.
- Chennai International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
- The international and the domestic terminals cover an area of 1.5 km2 and 1.8 km2, respectively.
- The closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of 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".
- One more test flight was conducted at the Island Grounds in 1914, when J.
- 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.
- 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 aviation history of the city began in 1910, when a city-based Corsican hotelier Giacomo D'Angelis built an aircraft and tested it.
- 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.
