DEL to MAA: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from New Delhi to Chennai?

The great-circle distance between Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and Chennai International Airport (MAA) is 1,760 km (1,094 mi, 950 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 DEL to MAA?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 40m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MAA is roughly south of DEL.

How is the DEL to MAA route written in code?

The pair is written DEL-MAA in IATA codes and VIDP-VOMM in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Indira Gandhi International Airport is DEL (VIDP), 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.

MAA sits 725 ft (221 m) lower than DEL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying DEL to MAA

4 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 4 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 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: 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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