Nonstop flight route between Paya Lebar, Singapore and Diu, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), Paya Lebar, Singapore and Diu Airport (DIU), Diu, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,595 miles (or 4,176 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) and Diu 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) and Diu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG):

• An RSAF C-130H performing short field landing at PLAB
• Air Force Two carrying Vice President Dick Cheney also made a refueling stop en route from Australia in 2007.
• The closest airport to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of QPG.
• In addition to being known as "Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)", other names for QPG include "巴耶利峇空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Paya Lebar".
• The USAF Boeing 747-200 E-4B regularly lands at the base when the U.S.
• Malaysia-Singapore Airlines was dissolved in 1972.
• Most recently, on 14 November 2009, Air Force One carrying President Barack Obama landed at Paya Lebar Air Base, to attend the APEC Singapore 2009 Summit.
• Because of Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)'s relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (meaning Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1966, the company focused more on Singapore, buying Boeing 707s, headquartering itself in that country, and renaming itself Malaysia-Singapore Airlines - with a notable fluorescent yellow livery.

Facts about Diu Airport (DIU):

• The furthest airport from Diu Airport (DIU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,991 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Diu airport was built in the 1954 when Diu was part of Portuguese India.Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa, commenced operations to Diu on 16 August 1955.
• Diu Airport (DIU) has 2 runways.
• The airport operators are talking of starting a private airline servive to Daman from December 2013.
• Because of Diu Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Diu 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 Diu Airport (DIU) is Keshod Airport (IXK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of DIU.