Nonstop flight route between St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada and Chennai (Madras), India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between St. Thomas Municipal Airport (YQS), St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada and Chennai International Airport (MAA), Chennai (Madras), India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,406 miles (or 13,528 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 St. Thomas Municipal 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 St. Thomas Municipal 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: | YQS / CYQS |
Airport Name: | St. Thomas Municipal Airport |
Location: | St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°46'12"N by 81°6'34"W |
Operator/Owner: | Municipality of St. Thomas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 779 feet (237 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQS |
More Information: | YQS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAA / VOMM |
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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 St. Thomas Municipal Airport (YQS):
- The closest airport to St. Thomas Municipal Airport (YQS) is London international Airport (YXU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) N of YQS.
- Because of St. Thomas Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 779 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Thomas Municipal 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 St. Thomas Municipal Airport (YQS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,370 miles (18,298 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- St. Thomas Municipal Airport (YQS) has 3 runways.
- The airport was purchased by the City of St.
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
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".
- 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 International Airport (MAA) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- 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 closest airport to Chennai International Airport (MAA) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of MAA.
- 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.
- 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.