Nonstop flight route between Silchar, India and Londolovit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India and Lihir Island Regional Airport (LNV), Londolovit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,436 miles (or 7,138 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 Lihir Island Regional 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 Lihir Island Regional 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):

• It was constructed by the British during the Second World War in 1944.
• JetKonnect ATR72 at Silchar airport
• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• - 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.
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• - September 2007 - An Airbus A320 aircraft of Air India which was operating as IC 253 from kolkata to silchar aborted landing at silchar airport as the pilots reported to see some small holes in the runway seconds before touching down, the ATC at silchar airport then confirmed the pilots that there are some small holes in the active runway and then diverted the aircraft to guwahati where it stayed for about 3hours and meanwhile the runway is being repaired and then at around 5pm in the evening the aircraft made a safe landing at silchar airport.
• The closest airport to Silchar Airport (IXS) is Imphal International Airport (IMF), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) E of IXS.
• On 15 March 2003 Indian Airlines started using ATR 42-320 aircraft to Kolkata, Imphal and Guwahati routes.
• 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.

Facts about Lihir Island Regional Airport (LNV):

• Because of Lihir Island Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Lihir Island Regional 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 Lihir Island Regional Airport (LNV) is Namatanai Airport (ATN), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SSW of LNV.
• The furthest airport from Lihir Island Regional Airport (LNV) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,846 miles (19,064 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.