Nonstop flight route between Easter Island, Chile and Bahawalpur, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mataveri International Airport (IPC), Easter Island, Chile and Bahawalpur Airport (BHV), Bahawalpur, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,271 miles (or 19,748 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 Mataveri International Airport and Bahawalpur 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 Mataveri International Airport and Bahawalpur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between IPC and BHV makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Mataveri International Airport and Bahawalpur Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between IPC and BHV are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Easter Island, Chile and Bahawalpur, Pakistan by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between IPC and BHV!

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Facts about Mataveri International Airport (IPC):

• The furthest airport from Mataveri International Airport (IPC) is Jaisalmer Airport (JSA), which is nearly antipodal to Mataveri International Airport (meaning Mataveri International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jaisalmer Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Jaisalmer, India.
• The closest airport to Mataveri International Airport (IPC) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 1,615 miles (2,599 kilometers) W of IPC.
• Mataveri International Airport (IPC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is the main point of entry for thousands of tourists who come to Easter Island to see its Moai statues.
• In addition to being known as "Mataveri International Airport", another name for IPC is "Isla de Pascua Airport".
• Because of Mataveri International Airport's relatively low elevation of 227 feet, planes can take off or land at Mataveri 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 airport's single runway is 3,318 m long.

Facts about Bahawalpur Airport (BHV):

• The closest airport to Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) is Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX), which is located 62 miles (99 kilometers) NNW of BHV.
• The furthest airport from Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Bahawalpur Airport (meaning Bahawalpur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,271 miles (19,748 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Bahawalpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Bahawalpur 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bahawalpur Airport", another name for BHV is "Sheikh Rashid Airport".
• Bahawalpur Airport is situated 2 nm from the city centre of Bahawalpur, in lower Punjab.
• Bahawalpur Airport (BHV) currently has only 1 runway.
• There are many cameras installed in the building to monitor the movement of passengers.