Nonstop flight route between Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Silchar, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bandundu Airport (FDU), Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,418 miles (or 8,719 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 Bandundu Airport and Silchar 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 Bandundu Airport and Silchar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bandundu Airport (FDU):

• In addition to being known as "Bandundu Airport", another name for FDU is "Bandundu Airport".
• Bandundu Airport (FDU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bandundu Airport (FDU) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Bandundu Airport (meaning Bandundu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,062 miles (19,412 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Bandundu Airport (FDU) is Nioki Airport (NIO), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNE of FDU.

Facts about Silchar Airport (IXS):

• - 8 July 2013 - Air India flight AI0754 an A319 aircraft bound for kolkata returns to silchar airport 15 minutes after takeoff due to Technical Fault as its Rear-Gear cover did not close after takeoff, all crew members and the passengers remained unharmed.
• Air India A320 at Silchar airport
• The furthest airport from Silchar Airport (IXS) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
• Previously silchar was also served by Vayudoot between late 80's and 90's and then by Air Deccan which started flights between kolkata and silchar back in November 2005 then later on it became Kingfisher Red in 2008 but the airline stopped operating from silchar on February 2012.
• - September 2007 - An Airbus A320 aircraft of Air India which was operating as IC 253 from kolkata to silchar aborted landing at silchar airport as the pilots reported to see some small holes in the runway seconds before touching down, the ATC at silchar airport then confirmed the pilots that there are some small holes in the active runway and then diverted the aircraft to guwahati where it stayed for about 3hours and meanwhile the runway is being repaired and then at around 5pm in the evening the aircraft made a safe landing at silchar airport.
• The closest airport to Silchar Airport (IXS) is Imphal International Airport (IMF), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) E of IXS.
• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• - 29 August 1970 – A Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 flight of Indian Airlines struck a hill shortly after take-off from Silchar for a flight to Guwahati.
• Because of Silchar Airport's relatively low elevation of 352 feet, planes can take off or land at Silchar 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.