Nonstop flight route between Diu, India and Merritt Island, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Diu Airport (DIU), Diu, India and Merritt Island Airport (COI), Merritt Island, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,554 miles (or 13,766 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 Diu Airport and Merritt Island 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 Diu Airport and Merritt Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIU / |
Airport Name: | Diu Airport |
Location: | Diu, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°42'47"N by 70°55'15"E |
Area Served: | Diu, Jafrabad |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DIU |
More Information: | DIU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COI / KCOI |
Airport Name: | Merritt Island Airport |
Location: | Merritt Island, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°20'30"N by 80°41'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from COI |
More Information: | COI Maps & Info |
Facts about Diu Airport (DIU):
- The furthest airport from Diu Airport (DIU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,991 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Diu airport was built in the 1954 when Diu was part of Portuguese India.Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa, commenced operations to Diu on 16 August 1955.
- Diu Airport (DIU) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Diu Airport (DIU) is Keshod Airport (IXK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of DIU.
- The airport operators are talking of starting a private airline servive to Daman from December 2013.
- Because of Diu Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Diu 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.
Facts about Merritt Island Airport (COI):
- The closest airport to Merritt Island Airport (COI) is Patrick Air Force Base (COF), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) SSE of COI.
- The furthest airport from Merritt Island Airport (COI) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,544 miles (18,578 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Merritt Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Merritt Island 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.
- An operations building and maintenance hangar were located on the south side of the airfield and the Mosquito Control District had a maintenance hangar on the north side of the airfield.
- Merritt Island Airport (COI) currently has only 1 runway.