Nonstop flight route between Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India and Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ), Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,787 miles (or 6,095 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 Civil Enclave Bhuj and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA), 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 Civil Enclave Bhuj and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ):

• The closest airport to Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) is Kandla Airport (IXY), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of BHJ.
• The furthest airport from Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Civil Enclave Bhuj (meaning Civil Enclave Bhuj is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,163 miles (19,574 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Civil Enclave Bhuj's relatively low elevation of 257 feet, planes can take off or land at Civil Enclave Bhuj 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 the 1930s Tata Air Lines won a government contract to run a bi-weekly service from Karachi to Colombo via Bhuj, Ahmedabad, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras and Trichinopoly.
• The airport has a single terminal that handles all arrivals and departures.
• The airport has an average of 4,039 passengers arriving and 3,636 passengers departing per month.
• In addition to being known as "Civil Enclave Bhuj", other names for BHJ include "Bhuj Rudra Mata Airport", "Bhuj Airport" and "Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base".
• The original ATC tower was destroyed in the earthquake and an ad hoc terminal was set up for rescue operations.

Facts about Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS):

• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) handled 12,780,563 passengers last year.
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 1 October 1980 based on the Government Decree No.26 of the year 1980, the management of Ngurah Rai International Airport was passed over from the Directorate of Air Transportation to Perum Angkasa Pura.
• The master plan was originally proposed prior to the tourism downturn in Bali following the two bombing incidents.
• Because of Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)'s relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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 furthest airport from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (meaning Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• To allow jet aircraft such as the Douglas DC8 and the Boeing 707 to operate from Bali, it was necessary to extend the runway westward into the sea as any potential eastern extension of the runway was by now blocked by the expansion of the local fishing village.
• To meet the ever increasing number of passengers the terminal buildings were extended with construction of an International Terminal building undertaken from 1965 to 1969.
• The International Terminal is located in the newer L shaped terminal whilst the Domestic Terminal is located in the older adjacent building a short distance to the south east of the international terminal.
• In 1949 a Terminal building and other aviation facilities were constructed and a simple wooden flight control tower was erected.
• The closest airport to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of DPS.
• In addition to being known as "Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)", other names for DPS include "Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai (NRIA)" and "WADD formerly WRRR".
• The project planned to expand the international terminal to 120,000 m2 and the domestic terminal to 65,000 m2.