Nonstop flight route between New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Port Blair, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ), Port Blair, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,553 miles (or 15,374 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Veer Savarkar 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Veer Savarkar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):

• Retired United States Air Force Major-General Junius Wallace Jones served as airport director in the 1950s.
• Another local service airline at New Orleans was Texas International with Douglas DC-9s and Convair 600s mainly to Louisiana and Texas.
• Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.
• Southwest Airlines now carries the most passengers at New Orleans.
• In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
• At an average of 4.5 feet above sea level, MSY is the 2nd lowest-lying international airport in the world, behind only Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands, which is eleven feet below sea level.
• Capital Airlines was one of the first airlines to operate jets into New Orleans with the Boeing 720.
• Plans for Moisant Field began in 1940, as evidence mounted that New Orleans' older Shushan Airport was too small.

Facts about Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ):

• There is only one terminal with 2 gates and no jet bridges.
• Because of Veer Savarkar Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Veer Savarkar 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 Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) is Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Trujillo, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Veer Savarkar Airport", another name for IXZ is "वीर सावरकर हवाई अड्डे".
• Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) is Car Nicobar Air Force Base (CBD), which is located 172 miles (277 kilometers) S of IXZ.