AirportsChennai International Airport is a large airport serving Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MAA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MAA
- ICAO code
- VOMM
- City
- Chennai
- State or region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 12.9900° N, 80.1693° E
- Elevation
- 16 m (52 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,661 m (12,011 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MAA means Chennai International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VOMM. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.9900° N, 80.1693° E. It stands 16 metres (52 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Chennai International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,661 metres (12,011 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,661 m 12,011 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 2,890 m 9,482 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tirupati International AirportTirupati | TIR | 99 km |
| Pondicherry AirportPuducherry (Pondicherry) | PNY | 120 km |
| Kadapa AirportKadapa | CDP | 227 km |
| Kempegowda International Airport BengaluruBengaluru | BLR | 268 km |
| Tiruchirappalli International AirportTiruchirappalli | TRZ | 294 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,760 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,033 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,932 km | 4 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,235 km | 10 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,476 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,438 km | 17 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,925 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,436 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,128 km | 11 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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