Nonstop flight route between Delhi, India and Kaolack, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), Delhi, India and Kaolack Airport (KLC), Kaolack, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,942 miles (or 9,562 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 Indira Gandhi International Airport and Kaolack 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 Indira Gandhi International Airport and Kaolack Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL):

• Terminal 1D is newly built interim domestic terminal with a total floor space of 35,000 m2 that has the capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year.
• Delhi International Airport Limited is a consortium of the GMR Group, Fraport and Malaysia Airports, India Development Fund and the Airports Authority of India retains a 26% stake.
• Trials for simultaneous use of all the runways is expected to start on 6 June 2012.
• The furthest airport from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Indira Gandhi International Airport (meaning Indira Gandhi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,026 miles (19,354 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport of the National Capital Region of Delhi, India, situated in Palam, 15 km south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 km from New Delhi city centre.
• Because of Indira Gandhi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 777 feet, planes can take off or land at Indira Gandhi 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.
• Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Agra Airport (AGR), which is located 110 miles (178 kilometers) SSE of DEL.
• Safdarjung Airport was built in 1930 and was the main airport for Delhi until 1962.
• Opened in 2010, Terminal 3, a state-of-the-art and integrated future terminal, is the 24th largest building in the world and 8th largest passenger terminal.
• Upon the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj specified flights move to this separate terminal to prevent disruption of other passengers who are travelling to other areas of the globe.

Facts about Kaolack Airport (KLC):

• The closest airport to Kaolack Airport (KLC) is Banjul International Airport (BJL), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of KLC.
• Because of Kaolack Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaolack 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.
• Kaolack Airport (KLC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kaolack Airport (KLC) is Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), which is nearly antipodal to Kaolack Airport (meaning Kaolack Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santo-Pekoa International Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Luganville, Vanuatu.