Nonstop flight route between Simikot, Nepal and St. Louis, Missouri, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Simikot Airport (IMK), Simikot, Nepal and Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,662 miles (or 12,331 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 Simikot Airport and Lambert–St. Louis 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 Simikot Airport and Lambert–St. Louis International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IMK / VNST |
| Airport Name: | Simikot Airport |
| Location: | Simikot, Nepal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°58'15"N by 81°49'8"E |
| Area Served: | Simikot, Nepal |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 9246 feet (2,818 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from IMK |
| More Information: | IMK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | STL / KSTL |
| Airport Name: | Lambert–St. Louis International Airport |
| Location: | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°44'49"N by 90°21'41"W |
| Area Served: | Greater St. Louis, Missouri |
| Operator/Owner: | City of St. Louis |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 605 feet (184 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from STL |
| More Information: | STL Maps & Info |
Facts about Simikot Airport (IMK):
- List of airports in Nepal
- The closest airport to Simikot Airport (IMK) is Bajura Airport (BJU), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of IMK.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 9,246 ft above mean sea level.
- Simikot Airport is an airport serving Simikot, a town in the Humla district of the Karnali zone in Nepal.
- The furthest airport from Simikot Airport (IMK) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,728 miles (18,874 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Pilgrims and Trekkers bound for Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash in China's Tibet Autonomous Region fly into Simikot and proceed to the international border at Hilsa on foot or by helicopter.
- Because of Simikot Airport's high elevation of 9,246 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IMK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IMK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL):
- Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) has 4 runways.
- However, TWA faced increasing problems as overall airline demand softened in response to a softening overall economy.
- Lambert's passenger traffic slowly rebounded from American Airlines' cuts of November 2003, increasing from a low of 13.4 million passengers enplaned in 2004, to 15.4 million by 2007, and increase of almost 15 percent.
- In early October 2009, Southwest Airlines announced the addition of 6 daily flights to several cities it already served from St.
- Because of Lambert–St. Louis International Airport's relatively low elevation of 605 feet, planes can take off or land at Lambert–St. Louis 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.
- The closest airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) is St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS), which is located only 16 miles (27 kilometers) SE of STL.
- The furthest airport from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,986 miles (17,681 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
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