Nonstop flight route between Silchar, India and Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India and Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,734 miles (or 7,619 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 Silchar Airport and Düsseldorf 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 Silchar Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Silchar Airport (IXS):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• The closest airport to Silchar Airport (IXS) is Imphal International Airport (IMF), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) E of IXS.
• Air India A320 at Silchar airport
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• - 5 May 1957 - The DC-3 Cargo flight of Indian Airlines departed silchar for a flight to Calcutta.
• In December 1985, Indian Airlines operated the first all-woman crew flight in the world from Kolkata to Silchar using a Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft which was commanded by Captain Saudamini Deshmukh along with first officer Nivedita Bhasin.
• 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.
• - 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.

Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

• Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
• Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
• Terminal C was opened in 1986 and has 8 gates used exclusively for non-Schengen-flights by non-Star Alliance airlines.
• The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
• Düsseldorf Airport is served by two railway stations – one for the suburban railway and one for regional and long-distance trains.
• In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
• Düsseldorf Airport is able to handle the Airbus A380.
• The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1986 Terminal C was opened and 8.22 million passengers used the airport – making it number two in Germany.
• Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.