Nonstop flight route between Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands and Mumbai, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kirakira Airport (IRA), Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), Mumbai, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,391 miles (or 10,285 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 Kirakira Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji 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 Kirakira Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Kirakira Airport (IRA):

• The closest airport to Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) N of IRA.
• In addition to being known as "Kirakira Airport", another name for IRA is "Ngorangora Airstrip".
• The furthest airport from Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Kirakira Airport (meaning Kirakira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.

Facts about Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM):

• The existing 72 m tall ATC tower, erected in 1996, stands close to the secondary runway and is a notified obstruction in the aircraft path.
• Terminal 2 hosts the world's largest public art programme to be located in an airport, with 6,000 pieces of Indian art from all over India.
• Traffic at the airport increased after Karachi was partitioned to Pakistan and as many as 40 daily internal and foreign services operated by 1949, prompting the Indian Government to develop the airport, equipping the airport with a night landing system comprising a Radio range and a modernised flare path lighting system Construction of a new passenger terminal and apron began in 1950 and was commissioned in 1958,.
• The furthest airport from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,860 miles (19,087 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's relatively low elevation of 37 feet, planes can take off or land at Chhatrapati Shivaji 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.
• In addition to being known as "Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport", another name for BOM is "Mumbai Airport's New T2".
• The closest airport to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) is Pune Airport (PNQ), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) ESE of BOM.
• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) has 2 runways.