Nonstop flight route between Patna, India and León, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT), Patna, India and León Airport (LEN), León, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,080 miles (or 8,175 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport and León 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport and León Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT):

• The closest airport to Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) is Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNE of PAT.
• In addition to being known as "Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport", another name for PAT is "जय प्रकाश नारायण हवाई अड्डे".
• Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,532 miles (18,560 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• A Nalanda International Airport is also proposed, to facilitate the foreign deligates for ongoing Nalanda International University, a world class international University construction is in Progress in nearby Nalanda.
• Because of Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna 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 closest Indian Railways station is Patna Junction.

Facts about León Airport (LEN):

• In the 1940s an aviation school was installed in the facilities, where the first pilots graduated at the General Aviation School.
• The closest airport to León Airport (LEN) is Asturias Airport (OVD), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNW of LEN.
• In 2003 a new Rescue and Fire Fighting Services Building was built, with its corresponding developed and landscaped area, as well as a technical block and an elevated water tank.
• The aerodrome was located one kilometre north of the village of Virgen del Camino and seven kilometres south of the city of Leon, an area of hard flat land dedicated to pasture, and its navigation aids comprised a marking in the middle of the airfield and a windsock.
• León Airport (LEN) has 2 runways.
• León Airport handled 30,890 passengers last year.
• During the Spanish Civil War, the Leon aerodrome was the headquarters of numerous airborne units and at the end of the conflict it was listed as class A.
• In addition to being known as "León Airport", another name for LEN is "Aeropuerto de León".
• The furthest airport from León Airport (LEN) is Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ), which is nearly antipodal to León Airport (meaning León Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaikoura Aerodrome), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Kaikoura, New Zealand.
• In 1964 Leon Airport was opened to commercial traffic.