Nonstop flight route between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Aizawl, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Lengpui Airport (AJL), Aizawl, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,089 miles (or 8,190 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 Edinburgh Airport and Lengpui 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 Edinburgh Airport and Lengpui Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):

• Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.
• Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• There are currently no direct rail links to Edinburgh Airport, although it lies very close to the Fife Circle and the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway lines.
• Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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.
• In April 2008 work began on the resurfacing of the main runway.
• Although the original main runway 13/31 served the airport well, its alignment had the disadvantage of suffering from severe crosswinds and the other two minor runways were very short and could not be readily extended, so movements were transferred to a new runway in an addition completely outside the original airfield boundary.
• In 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed and the airfield was named RAF Turnhouse and ownership transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
• The closest airport to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.

Facts about Lengpui Airport (AJL):

• The closest airport to Lengpui Airport (AJL) is Kailashahar Airport (IXH), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NW of AJL.
• The furthest airport from Lengpui Airport (AJL) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,428 miles (18,392 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• The airport was constructed at a cost of Rs.
• On 4 May 2011, a Northeast Shuttle's Cessna Caravan crash landed at Lengpui airport, overshooting the runway.
• Lengpui Airport (AJL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Lengpui Airport", other names for AJL include "Aizawl Airport", "लेंगपुई हवाई अड्डे" and "VELP".