Nonstop flight route between Lahore, Pakistan and Split, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), Lahore, Pakistan and Split Airport (SPU), Split, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,222 miles (or 5,186 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 Split 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 Split 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):

• The national flag carrier of the UAE, Etihad Airways, opened a dedicated aircraft line maintenance facility in Lahore.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Allama Iqbal International Airport", another name for LHE is "علامہ اقبال بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ".
• Over the course of the next 25 years the demand for air travel rose.
• On 5 March 2010, the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan released a tender for the expansion of the airport.
• Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) has 2 runways.
• 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.

Facts about Split Airport (SPU):

• Split Airport handled 1,581,734 passengers last year.
• Because of Split Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Split 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 furthest airport from Split Airport (SPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,800 miles (18,990 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Split Airport", another name for SPU is "Zračna luka Split".
• Expansion of Split Airport is happening in 3 phases.
• The closest airport to Split Airport (SPU) is Bol Airport (BWK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SPU.
• Split Airport (SPU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Split first commercial route was opened in 1931 by the Yugoslav airline Aeroput which linked Zagreb with Belgrade trough Rijeka, Split and Sarajevo, and maintained this route until the start of the Second World War.