Nonstop flight route between Bhairawa, Nepal and Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA), Bhairawa, Nepal and Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ), Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 905 miles (or 1,457 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 relatively short distance between Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport and Civil Enclave Bhuj, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWA / VNBW |
| Airport Name: | Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport |
| Location: | Bhairawa, Nepal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°30'20"N by 83°24'57"E |
| Area Served: | Bhairawa, Nepal |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 358 feet (109 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWA |
| More Information: | BWA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHJ / VABJ |
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| Location: | Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 23°17'16"N by 69°40'13"E |
| Area Served: | Bhuj |
| Operator/Owner: | Indian Air ForceAirports Authority of India |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 257 feet (78 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BHJ |
| More Information: | BHJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA):
- The furthest airport from Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,649 miles (18,747 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) currently has only 1 runway.
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- Because of Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport's relatively low elevation of 358 feet, planes can take off or land at Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa 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 Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA) is Chaurjhari Airport (HRJ), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of BWA.
Facts about Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ):
- Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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 airstrip was destroyed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in air strikes in which Pakistani bombers dropped napalm bombs.
- The closest airport to Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) is Kandla Airport (IXY), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of BHJ.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 2005, then Member of Parliament from Kutch, Pushpdan Gadhavi, as well as Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, made a request to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to rename the airport after revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma.
