Nonstop flight route between Portland, Maine, United States and Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine, United States and Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ), Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,203 miles (or 13,201 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 Portland International Jetport and Tiruchirappalli International 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 Portland International Jetport and Tiruchirappalli International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portland International Jetport (PWM):

• In the wake of the September 11 attacks many U.S.
• In 1980 the passenger terminal expanded to the east with the addition of two baggage carousels.
• In 1972 Northeast Airlines was bought by Delta Air Lines which retained its routes to Bangor, Boston, and New York.
• 1987 saw the arrival of Continental Airlines, when the airline bought PEOPLExpress and took over their routes.
• Portland International Jetport (PWM) has 2 runways.
• The airport is the busiest in the state.
• The closest airport to Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NE of PWM.
• At the onset of 2009 international service resumed.
• On September 1, 2005 Delta Air Lines ended mainline service to PWM.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Portland International Jetport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International Jetport 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 Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ):

• The new terminal has two lounges, VIP lounge managed by AAI and commercial important persons lounge also managed by AAI.
• Trichy is one of the non-metro airports selected for 200 crore city side development on public-private partnership model.
• This was a Customs Airport until 4 October 2012, when it was given an International Airport status by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
• Trichy airport cargo terminal had handled 4,773 tonnes of cargo in the financial year 2013-14 and had registered an growth of 63 percent, of which the imports accounted for 58 tonnes.
• Considering the growing potential of Trichy airport AAI has decided to expand the runway to around 10,500 ft initially from the existing 8,136 ft and later to 12500 feet.
• Due to the consistent increase in the air traffic, the integrated passenger terminal building having a total floor area of 11,777 m2 to handle 470 peak-hour passengers has become insufficient.
• According to the committee, the land acquisition is decided to be carried out in three phases.
• Because of Tiruchirappalli International Airport's relatively low elevation of 288 feet, planes can take off or land at Tiruchirappalli 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.
• The furthest airport from Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,397 miles (18,342 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The new integrated passenger terminal built at cost of 80 crore was inaugurated on 21 February 2009 and started operations from 1 June 2009.
• The closest airport to Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) is Madurai Airport (IXM), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) SSW of TRZ.