Nonstop flight route between Amritsar, India and San Diego, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ), Amritsar, India and MCAS Miramar, (NKX), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,908 miles (or 12,726 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 Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport and MCAS Miramar,, 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 Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport and MCAS Miramar,. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ATQ / VIAR |
| Airport Name: | Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport |
| Location: | Amritsar, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°42'28"N by 74°47'57"E |
| Area Served: | Punjab, India |
| Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 756 feet (230 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ATQ |
| More Information: | ATQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NKX / KNKX |
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| Location: | San Diego, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°52'4"N by 117°8'30"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 478 feet (146 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NKX |
| More Information: | NKX Maps & Info |
Facts about Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ):
- Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 756 feet, planes can take off or land at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar 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 closest airport to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) is Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) WSW of ATQ.
- The airport modernisation process is part of the upgrade process of 35 non-metro airports in the country by 2010.
- The integrated terminal building at Amritsar has an annual capacity of 1.46 million passengers with a peak hour capacity of 1,200 passengers.
- The furthest airport from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (meaning Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,033 miles (19,365 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about MCAS Miramar, (NKX):
- The closest airport to MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) S of NKX.
- MCAS Miramar, (NKX) has 3 runways.
- The base contains 23,116 acres.
- The big Privateers proved too heavy for the asphalt concrete runway the Army had installed in 1936 and the longer runways built in 1940, so the Navy added two concrete runways in 1943.
- In 1999, MCAS El Toro and MCAS Tustin were closed and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing returned to Miramar when it officially became Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
- To lessen the noise impact to the community, MCAS Miramar has made adjustments to their operations over the years, including the use of hush-houses, limitations on engine run-ups, and modification to flight plans.
- Because of MCAS Miramar,'s relatively low elevation of 478 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS Miramar, 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 "MCAS Miramar,", another name for NKX is "Mitscher Field".
- The furthest airport from MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
