Nonstop flight route between Silchar, India and Salida, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India and Harriet Alexander Field (SLT), Salida, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,883 miles (or 12,686 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 Harriet Alexander Field, 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 Harriet Alexander Field. 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):

• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• - 2006 - A Boeing 737-200 aircraft of Alliance Air which was operating as CD7253 from kolkata to silchar faces a technical problem with its Flaps while attempting to land at silchar airport, after hovering over silchar for about 20 minutes the pilots then decided to take the aircraft back to kolkata as the runway in kolkata is large enough to make an emergency landing without the flaps.
• Conveyor belt no.1 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.
• 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.
• - 5 May 1957 - The DC-3 Cargo flight of Indian Airlines departed silchar for a flight to Calcutta.
• 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 Harriet Alexander Field (SLT):

• Because of Harriet Alexander Field's high elevation of 7,523 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Harriet Alexander Field (SLT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Harriet Alexander Field (SLT) is Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) W of SLT.
• Harriet Alexander Field is a public airport two miles west of Salida, in Chaffee County, Colorado.
• The furthest airport from Harriet Alexander Field (SLT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,993 miles (17,691 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In the year ending April 20, 2006 the airport had 9,653 aircraft operations, 99.5% general aviation and 0.5% military.
• In addition to being known as "Harriet Alexander Field", another name for SLT is "ANK".