Nonstop flight route between Hulhulé Island, Maldives and Faisalabad, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), Hulhulé Island, Maldives and فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (LYP), Faisalabad, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,878 miles (or 3,022 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 relatively short distance between Ibrahim Nasir International Airport and فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):

• As the airport started hosting frequent and numerous flights, the need for a corporate entity to manage the airport was realised.
• Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "އިބްރާހިމް ނާސިރު ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެބަނދަރު".
• The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• On 26 July 2011 Independence Day, the Maldivian government officially changed the name of the airport to 'Ibrahim Nasir International Airport'.
• Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir 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.
• More than 1200 employees from Maldives Airports Company Ltd will be transferred to GMR Malé International Airport Pvt.
• The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
• In late 2012, the government of Maldives declared that the concession agreement was void ab initio and on 27 November 2012 gave GMIAL a deadline of 7 days to evict the airport'.

Facts about فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (LYP):

• Because of فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ 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.
• PTEA chairman also demanded shifting back of PIA offices from airport to city which had been shifted to airport in the after math bomb blast March last.
• The airport traces into origins not too far into the past.
• The furthest airport from فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (LYP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (meaning فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,112 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The airport manager informed the meeting that presently single departure and arrival lounge was available for international and domestic operations at airport.
• فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (LYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• He emphasised that Faisalabad was third biggest city of the country and a textile centre of international repute and export originating destination.
• The closest airport to فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ (LYP) is Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) E of LYP.