Nonstop flight route between Aizawl, India and Santa Maria, Portugal:
Departure Airport:
(23°50'18"N by 92°37'13"E)
Arrival Airport:
(36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W)
Distance from AJL to SMA:
6,605.53 miles (10,630.55 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lengpui Airport (AJL), Aizawl, India and Santa Maria Airport (SMA), Santa Maria, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,606 miles (or 10,631 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 Lengpui Airport and Santa Maria 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 Lengpui Airport and Santa Maria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AJL / VEAZ |
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| Location: | Aizawl, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 23°50'18"N by 92°37'13"E |
| Area Served: | Aizawl |
| Operator/Owner: | Indian Government |
| Airport Type: | Indian Public |
| Elevation: | 1328 feet (405 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AJL |
| More Information: | AJL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMA / LPAZ |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Santa Maria, Portugal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W |
| Area Served: | Vila do Porto |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 308 feet (94 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SMA |
| More Information: | SMA Maps & Info |
Facts about Lengpui Airport (AJL):
- The airport is connected by daily flights with Kolkata and Guwahati and three flights a week with Imphal and is located at a distance of 32 km from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram.
- 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.
- 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".
- The closest airport to Lengpui Airport (AJL) is Kailashahar Airport (IXH), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NW of AJL.
- The 2,500 metre runway of the Lengpui airport is unique in that it has many hilly streams running underneath.
Facts about Santa Maria Airport (SMA):
- Transportes Aéreos Portugueses began lay-over flights to this airport on 7 December 1962, eventually inaugurating trans-Atlantic service between Santa Maria-New York and Santa Maria-Montreal.
- The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is João Paulo II Airport (PDL), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NNW of SMA.
- Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria 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 addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for SMA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".
- Santa Maria Airport handled 93,436 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is Moruya Airport (MYA), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moruya Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.
- Santa Maria Airport (SMA) currently has only 1 runway.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 50.49 miles (81.25 km) NW | Kailashahar Airport (IXH) | Kailashahar, India |     |
| 2 | 54.78 miles (88.15 km) WNW | Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) | Kamalpur, India | |
| 3 | 66.01 miles (106.23 km) WNW | Khowai Airport (IXN) | Khowai, India | |
| 4 | 77.60 miles (124.88 km) NNE | Silchar Airport (IXS) | Silchar, India | |
| 5 | 87.15 miles (140.26 km) W | Agartala Airport (IXA) | Agartala, India | |
| 6 | 91.04 miles (146.51 km) NNW | MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL) | Sylhet, Bangladesh | |
| 7 | 101.14 miles (162.77 km) ESE | Kalaymyo Airport (KMV) | Kalemyo, Myanmar (Burma) | |
| 8 | 102.54 miles (165.02 km) NE | Imphal International Airport (IMF) | Imphal, India | |
| 9 | 121.17 miles (195.00 km) SSW | Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP) | Chittagong, Bangladesh | |
| 10 | 135.01 miles (217.28 km) NNW | Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL) | Shillong, India | |
| 11 | 140.29 miles (225.77 km) W | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) | Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
| 12 | 158.67 miles (255.36 km) NNE | Dimapur Airport (DMU) | Dimapur, India | |
| 13 | 163.68 miles (263.41 km) WSW | Barisal Airport (BZL) | Barisal, Bangladesh | |
| 14 | 169.55 miles (272.86 km) NNW | Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) | Guwahati, India | |
| 15 | 170.12 miles (273.78 km) SSW | Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB) | Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,428.27 miles (18,391.97 km) SW | Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO) | Pisco, Peru | |
| 2 | 11,417.66 miles (18,374.90 km) SW | Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) | Nazca, Ica Region, Peru | |
| 3 | 11,378.64 miles (18,312.10 km) SW | Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) | Callao (near Lima), Peru | |
| 4 | 11,374.01 miles (18,304.65 km) WSW | Chañaral Airport (CNR) | Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 5 | 11,365.22 miles (18,290.50 km) W | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) | Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 6 | 11,356.20 miles (18,275.99 km) WSW | La Florida Airport (LSC) | La Serena, Chile | |
| 7 | 11,353.68 miles (18,271.94 km) WSW | Chamonate Airfield (CPO) | Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 8 | 11,349.30 miles (18,264.89 km) W | Carolina Airport (CLN) | Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,322.22 miles (18,221.30 km) WSW | Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) | El Salvador, Chile | |
| 10 | 11,318.29 miles (18,214.97 km) WSW | Ilo Airport (ILQ) | Ilo, Moquegua Region, Peru | |
| 11 | 11,313.88 miles (18,207.88 km) W | Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ) | Iquique, Chile | |
| 12 | 11,302.35 miles (18,189.32 km) SW | Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) | Ayacucho, Peru | |
| 13 | 11,302.35 miles (18,189.32 km) SW | Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC) | Ayacucho, Peru | |
| 14 | 11,294.85 miles (18,177.25 km) SW | Jauja AirportFrancisco Carle Airport (JAU) | Jauja, Peru | |
| 15 | 11,289.57 miles (18,168.76 km) WSW | Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) | Arequipa, Peru | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 60.44 miles (97.26 km) NNW | João Paulo II Airport (PDL) | Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal | |
| 2 | 161.94 miles (260.61 km) NW | Lajes Air Base (TER) | Lajes, Azores, Portugal | |
| 3 | 209.34 miles (336.90 km) WNW | Pico Airport (PIX) | Pico Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 4 | 213.54 miles (343.67 km) NW | Graciosa Airport (GRW) | Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 5 | 221.17 miles (355.94 km) WNW | Horta International Airport (HOR) | Horta, Azores, Portugal | |
| 6 | 366.19 miles (589.32 km) WNW | Flores Airport (FLW) | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 7 | 371.97 miles (598.63 km) WNW | Corvo Airport (CVU) | Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 8 | 560.01 miles (901.25 km) ESE | Madeira Airport (FNC) | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 9 | 566.98 miles (912.46 km) ESE | Porto Santo Airport (PXO) | Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 10 | 719.25 miles (1,157.51 km) SE | La Palma Airport (SPC) | La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 11 | 771.87 miles (1,242.20 km) SE | La Gomera Airport (GMZ) | Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 12 | 778.68 miles (1,253.16 km) SE | Tenerife North Airport (TFN) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 13 | 793.97 miles (1,277.77 km) SE | Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 14 | 844.99 miles (1,359.87 km) SE | Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 15 | 869.00 miles (1,398.51 km) SE | Lanzarote Airport (ACE) | Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,166.03 miles (19,579.28 km) ESE | Moruya Airport (MYA) | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,164.68 miles (19,577.11 km) E | Merimbula Airport (MIM) | Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,155.61 miles (19,562.50 km) SE | Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) | Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 4 | 12,143.59 miles (19,543.17 km) SE | Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) | Mascot (near Sydney), Australia | |
| 5 | 12,135.02 miles (19,529.37 km) SE | Bankstown Airport (BWU) | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia | |
| 6 | 12,128.04 miles (19,518.13 km) SE | Camden Aerodrome (CDU) | Camden, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 7 | 12,113.81 miles (19,495.24 km) ESE | Goulburn Airport (GUL) | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 8 | 12,112.40 miles (19,492.97 km) SE | Belmont Airport (BEO) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 9 | 12,102.07 miles (19,476.35 km) ESE | Canberra Airport (CBR) | Canberra, Australia | |
| 10 | 12,101.93 miles (19,476.12 km) SSE | Newcastle Airport (NTL) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 11 | 12,086.58 miles (19,451.41 km) SE | Cessnock Airport (CES) | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 12 | 12,086.22 miles (19,450.83 km) SSE | Maitland Airport (MTL) | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 13 | 12,054.69 miles (19,400.10 km) SE | Bathurst Airport (BHS) | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 14 | 12,047.90 miles (19,389.17 km) E | Corryong Airport (CYG) | Corryong, Victoria, Australia | |
| 15 | 12,038.04 miles (19,373.30 km) SSE | Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ) | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | |