Nonstop flight route between Jaisalmer, India and Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jaisalmer Airport (JSA), Jaisalmer, India and East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,030 miles (or 6,485 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 Jaisalmer Airport and East Midlands 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 Jaisalmer Airport and East Midlands Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jaisalmer Airport (JSA):

• Because of Jaisalmer Airport's relatively low elevation of 751 feet, planes can take off or land at Jaisalmer 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.
• Jaisalmer Airport (JSA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jaisalmer Airport (JSA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jaisalmer Airport (meaning Jaisalmer Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Jaisalmer Airport", another name for JSA is "जैसलमेर हवाई अड्डा".
• No scheduled commercial air service.
• The Airports Authority of India has constructed a new terminal at the southern end of the airfield.
• The closest airport to Jaisalmer Airport (JSA) is Kadanwari Airport (KCF), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) WNW of JSA.
• Jaisalmer Airport is located 17 kilometres south-east of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India.

Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• Expansion was swift, with a further runway extension to 2,283 m and terminal upgrade in the late 1970s.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• DHL Aviation opened a new £35m cargo facility on site in 2000, and in the same year a business park was constructed next to the airport.
• BMI had its maintenance base at the airport.
• Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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.
• Until 1982, when the head office moved to Donington Hall,British Midland had its head office on the airport property.
• The DEMAND Campaign was formed in 2004 to campaign against night flights at the airport and against increasing levels of noise generally.
• Derby Airways, which was in the process of being renamed British Midland Airways, moved its operations to the new airport and established its headquarters in nearby Donington Hall in Castle Donington, operating a network of domestic and international scheduled and charter flights at East Midlands.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
• Since July 2013 Thomson Airways also operates with their Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft out of East Midlands, serving long haul holiday destinations such as Orlando or Cancun.