Chennai (MAA) – Thoothukudi (TCR)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
527 km
327 mi · 284 nm
Flight time
1 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
67 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
206,436
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · −6.0%
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 MAA to TCRMAATCR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from MAA
207°
Heading from TCR
26°
Halfway point
10.86, 79.09
Great-circle km
529 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: October 2025: 21,730 passengers
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Month Passengers
Oct 202521,730
Nov 202516,513
Dec 202516,307
Jan 202617,787
Feb 202616,360
Mar 202616,781
Apr 202616,650
May 202618,069
Jun 202616,085
Jul 202616,784
Aug 202617,072
Sep 202616,298

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 529 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 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

More routes from TCR

Route Distance Passengers / year
TCR → BLR496 km 49,284
TCR → HYD942 km 18

Questions

Chennai (MAA) and Thoothukudi (TCR) are 527 km (327 miles, 284 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.