Nonstop flight route between Lahore, Pakistan and Gibraltar:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), Lahore, Pakistan and Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), Gibraltar would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,455 miles (or 7,170 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 Allama Iqbal International Airport and Gibraltar 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 Allama Iqbal International Airport and Gibraltar 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 Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE):

• In addition to being known as "Allama Iqbal International Airport", another name for LHE is "علامہ اقبال بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ".
• The closest airport to Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar International Airport (ATQ), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) ENE of LHE.
• At the time of the creation of Pakistan, Walton Airport was the main airport of Lahore.
• On the inauguration of Allama Iqbal International Airport in 2003, the old terminal was converted to handle the influx of passengers for the annual pilgrimage of Hajj to Saudi Arabia.
• Allama Iqbal International Airport connects Lahore with 44 cities worldwide by both passenger and cargo flights.
• The furthest airport from Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Allama Iqbal International Airport (meaning Allama Iqbal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,058 miles (19,405 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Allama Iqbal International Airport's relatively low elevation of 698 feet, planes can take off or land at Allama Iqbal 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.
• Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) has 2 runways.

Facts about Gibraltar International Airport (GIB):

• The furthest airport from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Gibraltar International Airport (meaning Gibraltar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• On 10 January 2012, Gibraltar was selected as one of the 'World's Scariest Airport Landings and Take-offs' in the travel section of the Daily Telegraph due to its runway which extends into the sea.
• The old terminal at the airport was built in 1959 and refurbished in the late 1990s.
• Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• It was announced in January 2014 that an air route between Gibraltar and Marrakech would be established and launched in April.
• The closest airport to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) is Ceuta Heliport (JCU), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) S of GIB.
• Because of Gibraltar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gibraltar 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.
• On 3 November 2003, Monarch announced a new route from Gibraltar to Manchester Airport.
• Although located in Gibraltar, the airport is also used by people travelling to or from neighbouring parts of the southern Spain such as the Costa del Sol or the Campo de Gibraltar.
• In addition to being known as "Gibraltar International Airport", another name for GIB is "(North Front Airport)".
• Gibraltar International Airport handled 383,013 passengers last year.