Nonstop flight route between Rodrigues Island, Mauritius and El Paso, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), Rodrigues Island, Mauritius and El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,389 miles (or 18,329 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 Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport and El Paso 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 Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport and El Paso International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RRG / FIMR |
Airport Name: | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport |
Location: | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°45'27"S by 63°21'38"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airport of Rodrigues Ltd - Licensed Aerodrome Operator |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RRG |
More Information: | RRG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ELP / KELP |
Airport Name: | El Paso International Airport |
Location: | El Paso, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°48'25"N by 106°22'38"W |
Area Served: | El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of El Paso |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3958 feet (1,206 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from ELP |
More Information: | ELP Maps & Info |
Facts about Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG):
- Because of Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Sir Gaëtan Duval 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.
- Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU), which is located 371 miles (598 kilometers) W of RRG.
- The furthest airport from Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) is Ciudad Constitución Airport (CUA), which is located 11,950 miles (19,232 kilometers) away in Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Facts about El Paso International Airport (ELP):
- El Paso International Airport is a public airport four miles northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, US.
- During World War II, the airport was a United States Army Air Forces training base.
- The furthest airport from El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,389 miles (18,329 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- El Paso International Airport handled 3,065,393 passengers last year.
- Airport diagram for January 1963
- The terminal is a pier-satellite layout.
- El Paso was the last stop of the first hijacking of a jetliner, a Boeing 707 owned by Continental Airlines.
- El Paso International Airport (ELP) has 3 runways.
- At the end of the war the airfield was deemed excess by the military and returned to the local government for civil use.
- The closest airport to El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) N of ELP.