Nonstop flight route between Chartres, France and Coimbatore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ), Chartres, France and Coimbatore International Airport (CJB), Coimbatore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,988 miles (or 8,027 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 Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome and Coimbatore 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 Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome and Coimbatore 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 Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ):

• Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome is an airport serving Chartres and Champhol, in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France.
• In addition to being known as "Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome", other names for QTJ include "Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol" and "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-40".
• What appears to be hangars are on the north side of the airport, about 200m north of the runway, and unconnected with the current airport were probably part of the former military airfield.
• The closest airport to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NE of QTJ.
• After the Battle of France, Chartres was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.
• The furthest airport from Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (meaning Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Under American control, Chartres initially became the home of the 368th Fighter Group, which flew P-47 Thunderbolts from the field starting on 23 August, remaining until 11 September.
• In 1923, the "22e Régiment Aérien de bombardement de nuit" landed in Chartres in 1936.
• KG 100, KG 53, KG 66 were all night bombardment units that engaged in operations over England.
• Because of Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome 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.
• Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) has 2 runways.

Facts about Coimbatore International Airport (CJB):

• The closest airport to Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is Calicut International Airport (CCJ), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) W of CJB.
• An Air India flight on tarmac
• The airport commenced operations in 1940 as a civil aerodrome with Indian Airlines operating Fokker F27, Douglas DC-3 and later Hawker Siddeley HS 748 aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,300 miles (18,185 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• The further proposed expansion of the airport includes extension of runway to 12,500 ft to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 and construction of a parallel taxiway to the runway to minimize runway occupancy time and turnaround time of aircraft.
• Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) currently has only 1 runway.