Nonstop flight route between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Gorakhpur, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ), Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Gorakhpur Airport (GOP), Gorakhpur, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,490 miles (or 5,617 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 Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport and Gorakhpur 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 Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport and Gorakhpur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ):

• In the 1960s, an extensive modernization of the airport began.
• The furthest airport from Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,439 miles (18,410 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport handled 1,035,438 passengers last year.
• Cluj Airport was founded on 1 April 1932 by the Romanian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
• After the war, the airport's operations were resumed with TAROM internal flights connecting Cluj to other major Romanian cities.
• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 8 September 2011, the construction works for building a new runway of 2,100 m began.
• In addition to being known as "Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport", other names for CLJ include "Cluj-Napoca International Airport" and "Aeroportul Internațional "Avram Iancu" Cluj".
• The closest airport to Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Târgu Mureș International Airport (TGM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) ESE of CLJ.

Facts about Gorakhpur Airport (GOP):

• The Indian Air Force fields its SEPECAT Jaguar and Mil Mi-8 transport helicopters here.
• Gorakhpur Airport Authority controls and manages activities of the airport under the guidance of Airport Authority of India.
• The closest airport to Gorakhpur Airport (GOP) is Gautam Buddha Airport Bhairahawa Airport (BWA), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) N of GOP.
• Because of Gorakhpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 259 feet, planes can take off or land at Gorakhpur 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.
• situated about 10 kilometres from Gorakhpur's railway station.
• In addition to being known as "Gorakhpur Airport", other names for GOP include "गोरखपुर हवाईअड्डा", "گورکھپور ہوائی اڈا" and "Gorakhpur Air Port".
• The furthest airport from Gorakhpur Airport (GOP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,644 miles (18,739 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Gorakhpur Airport (GOP) currently has only 1 runway.