Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Chennai (MAA)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,629 km
1,633 mi · 1,419 nm
Flight time
3 h 55 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h 30 min
CO2 per passenger
331 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (195 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
548,446
Jan 2025 – Dec 2025 · −14.1%
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), international city-pair traffic, scheduled services, Jan 2025 – Dec 2025. 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 KUL to MAAKULMAA
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from KUL
297°
Heading from MAA
114°
Halfway point
8.01, 91.07
Great-circle km
2,629 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Chennai is 2 h 30 min behind Kuala Lumpur

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,629 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 KUL

Route Distance Passengers
KUL → ICN4,602 km 395,235 (6 mo)
KUL → MEL6,305 km 697,340
KUL → PER4,124 km 646,762
KUL → SYD6,579 km 636,576
KUL → DEL3,869 km 569,731
KUL → IST8,390 km 439,161
KUL → BLR2,884 km 382,853
KUL → TRZ2,690 km 367,275
KUL → COK2,915 km 338,364
KUL → BOM3,623 km 309,086

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

Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Chennai (MAA) are 2,629 km (1,633 miles, 1,419 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.