Nonstop flight route between Dhaka, Bangladesh and Horta, Azores, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh and Horta International Airport (HOR), Horta, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,601 miles (or 10,623 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 Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Horta International 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 Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Horta International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC):

• The furthest airport from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,319 miles (18,216 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• A Biman's Boeing 777-200ER inside a hangar at Shahjalal International Airport
• Because of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Hazrat Shahjalal 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.
• A feasibility study is underway to decide about adding a parallel, second runway at a cost of BDT 10 billion by 2014.
• A Mihin Lanka Airbus A320 at the tarmac.
• The airport has been set up and upgraded with technology and instruments worth BDT 70 million up to the 2nd quarter of 2012, by the CAAB.
• The closest airport to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) is Agartala Airport (IXA), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) E of DAC.
• National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the ground handling provider of the airport.
• Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In November 2013, an agreement was signed for the opening of a 56-room Best Western hotel adjacent to the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport", other names for DAC include "Shah Jalal International Airport", "হজরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর" and "Hôjrot Shahjalal Antorjatik Bimanbôndor".

Facts about Horta International Airport (HOR):

• Following the 2001 renovation, the airport was designated an international airport.
• In addition to being known as "Horta International Airport", another name for HOR is "Aeroporto Internacional da Horta".
• Horta International Airport (HOR) currently has only 1 runway.
• It is an important economic tool in the economy of the region, and vital connection to the smaller aerodromes in the outlying islands.
• The furthest airport from Horta International Airport (HOR) is Merimbula Airport (MIM), which is nearly antipodal to Horta International Airport (meaning Horta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Merimbula Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.
• Horta International Airport handled 191,969 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Horta International Airport (HOR) is Pico Airport (PIX), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) E of HOR.
• Horta Airport is an airport located in the parish of Castelo Branco, 9.5 km northeast of the center of Horta, on Faial Island in the archipelago of the Azores.
• Because of Horta International Airport's relatively low elevation of 118 feet, planes can take off or land at Horta 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.