Nonstop flight route between Delhi, India and Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), Delhi, India and Mariehamn Airport (MHQ), Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,409 miles (or 5,487 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 Indira Gandhi International Airport and Mariehamn Airport, 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 Indira Gandhi International Airport and Mariehamn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEL / VIDP |
Airport Name: | Indira Gandhi International Airport |
Location: | Delhi, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°34'6"N by 77°6'43"E |
Area Served: | Delhi/NCR |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 777 feet (237 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEL |
More Information: | DEL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHQ / EFMA |
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Location: | Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°7'18"N by 19°53'47"E |
Area Served: | Mariehamn |
Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MHQ |
More Information: | MHQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL):
- In 2011–12, the airport handled 35.88 million passengers and the planned expansion program will increase its capacity to handle 100 million passengers by 2030.
- Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) has 3 runways.
- Terminal 1A was built in the early 1990s to cater to Indian Airlines domestic flights only.
- Trials for simultaneous use of all the runways is expected to start on 6 June 2012.
- Designed by HOK working in consultation with Mott MacDonald, the new Terminal 3 is a two-tier building spread over an area of 20 acres, with the bottom floor being the arrivals area, and the top being a departures area.
- Because of Indira Gandhi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 777 feet, planes can take off or land at Indira Gandhi International 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.
- The closest airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Agra Airport (AGR), which is located 110 miles (178 kilometers) SSE of DEL.
- The furthest airport from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Indira Gandhi International Airport (meaning Indira Gandhi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,026 miles (19,354 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The initially proposed method of simultaneous takeoffs caused several near misses over the west side of the airport where the centrelines of runways 10/28 and 9/27 intersect.
Facts about Mariehamn Airport (MHQ):
- In addition to being known as "Mariehamn Airport", another name for MHQ is "Mariehamns flygplatsMaarianhaminan lentoasema".
- Because of Mariehamn Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Mariehamn 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.
- Mariehamn Airport handled 48,672 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Mariehamn Airport (MHQ) is Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) WSW of MHQ.
- The furthest airport from Mariehamn Airport (MHQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,120 miles (17,896 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Mariehamn Airport (MHQ) currently has only 1 runway.