Nonstop flight route between Hulhulé Island, Maldives and Sevierville, Tennessee, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), HulhulĂ© Island, Maldives and GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport (GKT), Sevierville, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,297 miles (or 14,961 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 Ibrahim Nasir International Airport and GatlinburgâPigeon Forge 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 Ibrahim Nasir International Airport and GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLE / VRMM |
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Location: | Hulhulé Island, Maldives |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°11'30"N by 73°31'44"E |
Area Served: | Malé, Maldives |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Maldives |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLE |
More Information: | MLE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GKT / KGKT |
Airport Name: | GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport |
Location: | Sevierville, Tennessee, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°51'28"N by 83°31'42"W |
Area Served: | Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge |
Operator/Owner: | Sevier County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1014 feet (309 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GKT |
More Information: | GKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):
- The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
- On the midnight of 7 December, GMR Handed over the airport to the government of the Maldives and now it's being run by MACL.
- When the tourism industry in the Maldives began in 1972, the country was in need of an international standard airport to transport tourists to the resort islands.
- Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir 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 airport opened to the public on 12 April 1966.
- The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, GalĂĄpagos Islands, Ecuador.
- On 28 July 2010, a public-private partnership in managing the airport was signed between the Maldivian government and officials of GMR Group and Malaysia Airports, leasing the airport to the consortium for 25 years, with the new operator's mission being to develop MIA into a global standard airport by the year 2014.
- GMIAL announced that the development plans included reclaiming more land at the eastern end of the runway.
- On 26 July 2011, Male' International Airport was officially renamed as 'Ibrahim Nasir International Airport' in memory of Ibrahim Nasir, 2nd President of the Maldives.
- In addition to being known as "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "ȚȚšȚȚ°ȚȚ§ȚȚšȚȚ° ȚȚ§ȚȚšȚȚȘ ȚȚŠȚȚšȚȚŠȚȚ°ȚȚŠȚ€ȚȘȚȚ§ȚȚ© ȚȚŠȚȚšȚȚŹȚȚŠȚȚȚŠȚȚȘ".
- Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport (GKT):
- The closest airport to GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport (GKT) is Morristown Regional Airport (MOR), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NNE of GKT.
- GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport (GKT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from GatlinburgâPigeon Forge Airport (GKT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,374 miles (18,305 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.