Nonstop flight route between Bharatpur, Nepal and St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bharatpur Airport (BHR), Bharatpur, Nepal and RAF Leuchars (ADX), St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,546 miles (or 7,317 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Bharatpur Airport and RAF Leuchars, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Bharatpur Airport and RAF Leuchars. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bharatpur Airport (BHR):

• The furthest airport from Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,587 miles (18,647 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Meghauli Airport (MEY), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of BHR.
• The airport was initially served by domestic flights with grass runway from Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu and Pokhara Airport in Pokhara by the country's national airline Nepal Airlines.
• Bharatpur Airport (BHR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bharatpur Airport", another name for BHR is "भरतपुर विमानस्थल".
• Because of Bharatpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 600 feet, planes can take off or land at Bharatpur Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Bharatpur Airport is the base of Shivani AirLtd, the first fixed-wing pilot training school in the history of civil aviation in Nepal.
• This airport was built as part of the resettlement and malaria control program in the Chitwan valley, with the assistance of the Government of the United States of America.
• Bharatpur Airport is the country's 4th busiest.

Facts about RAF Leuchars (ADX):

• The furthest airport from RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,678 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• On 4 September 1939, a Lockheed Hudson of No.
• The unit was formally named 'Royal Air Force Leuchars' in March 1920, but nevertheless retained its strong naval links.
• As the Cold War reached its frostiest depths in the 1960s the development of long range aircraft allowed the Soviets regular incursion into British air space.
• The other operational UK air defence base since June 2007 is RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, which operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4.
• The next generation of jets to be stationed at Leuchars were the Hawker Hunter and the Gloster Javelin, with air-sea rescue services provided by Westland Whirlwind helicopters.
• The closest airport to RAF Leuchars (ADX) is Dundee Airport (DND), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of ADX.
• A third Panavia Tornado F3 Squadron, No.