Nonstop flight route between Raipur, India and Arequipa, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR), Raipur, India and Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), Arequipa, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,662 miles (or 17,159 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 Swami Vivekananda Airport and Rodríguez Ballón 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 Swami Vivekananda Airport and Rodríguez Ballón 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 Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR):

• The proposed international terminal is being upgraded along with the runway expansion project to enable the airport to handle larger aircraft for starting international operations, connecting the city to South-East Asia and the Middle East.
• The Airports Authority of India has also cleared the way for starting air cargo operations from the airport by giving nod to develop the old terminal building into a cargo complex.
• Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,621 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• On 24 January 2012, the Union cabinet of India approved the State Government's proposal for renaming Raipur airport after India's greatest son and well known saint Swami Vivekananda who spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur.
• The closest airport to Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR) is Bilaspur Airport (PAB), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) NNE of RPR.
• In addition to being known as "Swami Vivekananda Airport", other names for RPR include "Mana Airport" and "स्वामी विवेकानन्द हवाई अड्डा, रायपुर".

Facts about Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP):

• Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, known as Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón in Spanish, is an airport serving Peru's second largest city, Arequipa.
• Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is currently operated by the consortium "Aeropuertos Andinos", who reshuffled and modernized the existing facilities.
• The closest airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Ilo Airport (ILQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) S of AQP.
• Because of Rodríguez Ballón International Airport's high elevation of 8,405 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AQP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AQP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• On 18 March 1983, Douglas C-47E FAP-356 of the Fuerza Aérea del Perú was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Arequipa Airport.
• The furthest airport from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), which is nearly antipodal to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (meaning Rodríguez Ballón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Đà Nẵng International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,975 kilometers) away in Da Nang, Vietnam.