Kochi (COK) – Chennai (MAA)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
517 km
321 mi · 279 nm
Flight time
1 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
65 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
624,670
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · −18.6%
Flights / week
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Not in this source
Seats filled
—
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: DGCA (India), domestic city-pair traffic, scheduled services, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. DGCA marks these figures provisional. It reports cities, matched here to the airport. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from COK to MAACOKMAA
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from COK
52°
Heading from MAA
233°
Halfway point
11.58, 78.28
Great-circle km
518 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 73,696 passengers
050K100KOctNovDecJan73.7KFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
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Month Passengers
Oct 202560,946
Nov 202567,660
Dec 202561,277
Jan 202673,696
Feb 202657,242
Mar 202655,515
Apr 202645,758
May 202645,232
Jun 202635,828
Jul 202639,877
Aug 202642,040
Sep 202639,599

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 518 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from COK

Route Distance Passengers / year
COK → BLR366 km 1,368,679
COK → BOM1,059 km 1,208,704
COK → DXB2,780 km 987,678
COK → DEL2,039 km 964,391
COK → AUH2,794 km 941,568
COK → HYD813 km 710,701
COK → DOH3,107 km 618,520
COK → MCT2,433 km 409,554
COK → KUL2,915 km 338,364
COK → KWI3,635 km 336,858

More routes from MAA

Route Distance Passengers / year
MAA → DEL1,753 km 2,166,822
MAA → BOM1,032 km 2,137,564
MAA → BLR268 km 1,517,111
MAA → HYD505 km 1,307,031
MAA → CCU1,383 km 1,152,824
MAA → SIN2,925 km 1,011,653
MAA → DXB2,933 km 943,633
MAA → CJB404 km 834,426
MAA → PNQ912 km 811,391
MAA → CMB643 km 788,307

Questions

Kochi (COK) and Chennai (MAA) are 517 km (321 miles, 279 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.