Nonstop flight route between Silchar, India and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,840 miles (or 12,618 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 McCarran 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 Silchar Airport and McCarran International 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):

• 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.
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Silchar Airport (IXS) is Imphal International Airport (IMF), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) E of 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.
• - 10 June 2012 - As the Air India Regional flight AI9760 an ATR 42-320 aircraft took off from Silchar airport for Guwahati one of the ground staff saw something dropped from the sky, it was one of the nose wheels of the aircraft, then the Air Traffic Control of Silchar airport immediately informed the flight captain Mrs.
• - 29 March 1959 – A Douglas C-47A-90-DL flight of Indian Airlines was operating on a flight from Calcutta to Imphal via Agartala and Silchar.
• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• It was constructed by the British during the Second World War in 1944.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• In the 1990s all gates and check in counters were upgraded to use a common set of computer hardware.
• On April 4, 2007 the consolidated rental car facility opened, 3 miles from the terminals.
• Terminal 3, the largest public works project in Nevada, cost $2.4 billion and was constructed in one phase opening on June 27, 2012.
• Meanwhile, the airport has experienced a tremendous growth in international traffic – the number of foreign travelers through the airport saw a 92.4% increase between 2003 and 2011.
• American aviator George Crockett, a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett, established Alamo Airport in 1942 on the site currently occupied by McCarran International.