Nonstop flight route between West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Jamshedpur, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Sonari Airport (IXW), Jamshedpur, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,896 miles (or 14,316 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 Palm Beach International Airport and Sonari 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 Palm Beach International Airport and Sonari Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palm Beach International Airport (PBI):

• The closest airport to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) S of PBI.
• The furthest airport from Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport was again used by the U.S.
• In conjunction with the slated construction of a new ATC tower at PBIA, the FAA intended to transfer all of PBIA's air traffic controllers whose assigned sector is between 5 and 40 miles from the airport to a remote facility at Miami International Airport.
• 2013 – 5,691,7472012 – 5,609,1682011 – 5,769,5832010 – 5,887,7232009 – 5,994,6062008 – 6,476,3032007 – 6,936,4492006 – 6,824,7892005 – 7,014,237
• Enplaning and deplaning combined.
• Because of Palm Beach International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Palm Beach 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.
• Competition from rapidly expanding Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport cut growth at the airport through the 1990s.
• Palm Beach International Airport handled 5,609,168 passengers last year.
• Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) has 3 runways.

Facts about Sonari Airport (IXW):

• In addition to being known as "Sonari Airport", another name for IXW is "सोनारी हवाई अड्डे".
• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the AAI and the Jharkhand government on 20 February 2012 for establishing a new airport for Jamshedpur.
• Tata Steel has proposed a new airport for city of Jamshedpur on 600 acres in the Adityapur-Seraikela area.
• The furthest airport from Sonari Airport (IXW) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,416 miles (18,372 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Sonari Airport's relatively low elevation of 478 feet, planes can take off or land at Sonari 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 airport to Sonari Airport (IXW) is Birsa Munda Airport (IXR), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of IXW.
• Sonari Airport (IXW) currently has only 1 runway.