COK to MAA: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Kochi to Chennai?

The great-circle distance between Cochin International Airport (COK) and Chennai International Airport (MAA) is 518 km (322 mi, 280 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from COK to MAA?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MAA is roughly northeast of COK.

How is the COK to MAA route written in code?

The pair is written COK-MAA in IATA codes and VOCI-VOMM in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Cochin International Airport is COK (VOCI), Chennai International Airport is MAA (VOMM).

Both ICAO codes start with V, the prefix ICAO assigns to South and Southeast Asia, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 22 ft (7 m) of each other.

Airlines flying COK to MAA

3 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 3 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 2 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: 9W, S2.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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