Nonstop flight route between Guwahati, India and Chartres, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU), Guwahati, India and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ), Chartres, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,892 miles (or 7,874 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 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome, 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 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU):

• In addition to being known as "Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport", another name for GAU is "লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ".
• The closest airport to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) is Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SE of GAU.
• Because of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi 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.
• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,355 miles (18,275 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.

Facts about Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ):

• The furthest airport from Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (meaning Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The field was replaced by a totally new civilian facility which is much smaller than the prewar airport.
• The first plane in the world took off on October, the 9th, 1890, in France, due to the engineer Clément Ader.
• In addition to being known as "Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome", other names for QTJ include "Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol" and "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-40".
• From March 1915 to the end of World War I, an important military training center for pilots was setted up .
• Because of Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome 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.
• The closest airport to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NE of QTJ.
• Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) has 2 runways.
• The Chartres area was heavily attacked on several missions by United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force bombers in 1943 and 1944 and the airport was singularly attacked on 15 September 1943 by 22 B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bombardment Group.
• It remains an important Air Force Base after 1953, included technical Units, a military training center and a broadcasting station.
• Once declared operationally ready, the airfield had a concrete runway 5500' long aligned 08/26, with much Pierced Steel Planking used to repair the damage caused by the frequent Allied bombing.