Nonstop flight route between Gibraltar and Kota, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar and Kota Airport (KTU), Kota, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,749 miles (or 7,643 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 Gibraltar International Airport and Kota 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 Gibraltar International Airport and Kota Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIB / LXGB |
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Location: | Gibraltar |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°9'3"N by 5°20'58"W |
Area Served: | Gibraltar |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GIB |
More Information: | GIB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KTU / VIKO |
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Location: | Kota, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°9'36"N by 75°50'44"E |
Area Served: | Kota |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 896 feet (273 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KTU |
More Information: | KTU Maps & Info |
Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):
- From 2011 until October 2012, EasyJet offered thrice-weekly service from Gibraltar to Liverpool, but it was eventually cancelled due to lack of demand.
- On 14 August 2012, Monarch announced it would launch a new route to Birmingham, operating three times a week.
- The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
- In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
- Spain's continuing sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the territory where the airport stands has seriously affected the airport's operations.
- Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.
- Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
- Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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 old terminal at the airport was built in 1959 and refurbished in the late 1990s.
- The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course, when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.
- The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
Facts about Kota Airport (KTU):
- The furthest airport from Kota Airport (KTU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kota Airport (meaning Kota Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,082 miles (19,444 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Kota Airport (KTU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kota Airport's relatively low elevation of 896 feet, planes can take off or land at Kota 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 Kota Airport (KTU) is Jaipur Airport (JAI), which is located 115 miles (185 kilometers) N of KTU.
- In addition to being known as "Kota Airport", other names for KTU include "कोटा हवाई अड्डे" and "KOTA".