Nonstop flight route between Kota, India and Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kota Airport (KTU), Kota, India and Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,850 miles (or 4,586 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 Kota Airport and Zhoushan Putuoshan 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 Kota Airport and Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• 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".
• 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.
• Kota Airport (KTU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN):

• Across the entire site which was about 3,200m x 400m, a matrix of 150mm perforated iron pipes at 10m centers in both directions was installed vertically, in a manner that allowed the Chinese to pour water and sand down the pipes to help with the compacting.
• The furthest airport from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN) is Monte Caseros Airport (MCS), which is nearly antipodal to Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (meaning Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Monte Caseros Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN) is Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) W of HSN.
• In addition to being known as "Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport", other names for HSN include "舟山普陀山机场" and "Zhōushān Pǔtuóshān Jīchǎng".
• An interesting fact relating to the design of the runway is that the existing site, which was a large area of rice paddy fields, was less than a half-meter above sea level, situated behind a protective dam which kept seawater out during severe weather.