Nonstop flight route between Silver City, New Mexico, United States and Multan, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grant County Airport (SVC), Silver City, New Mexico, United States and Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX), Multan, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,095 miles (or 13,027 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 Grant County Airport and Muhammad Bin Qasim 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 Grant County Airport and Muhammad Bin Qasim 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 Grant County Airport (SVC):

• Because of Grant County Airport's high elevation of 5,446 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SVC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SVC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Grant County Airport (SVC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,607 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,860 enplanements in 2009, and 1,501 in 2010.
• Grant County Airport covers an area of 740 acres at an elevation of 5,446 feet above mean sea level.
• Grant County Airport (SVC) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Grant County Airport (SVC) is Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) SE of SVC.

Facts about Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX):

• The modern passenger terminal and allied facilities are part of the phase two which is in the final stages as of May 2014 and is expected to start partial operations in June 2014 for Domestic and International flights.
• After the completion of new a runway, Pakistan International Airlines started direct Hajj flights from Multan with Boeing 747-300 in 2010.
• During 1999, PIA as well as Aero Asia International gave Multan Airport an international status by operating flights to the Middle East such as Dubai and Kuwait.
• Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (meaning Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX) is Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) WSW of MUX.
• In the Domestic Sector, Shaheen Air International restarted its daily operation from Karachi with Boeing 737 in February 2012 whereas Bhoja Air launched two weekly flights from Karachi with Boeing 737-200 for Multan in March 2012.
• Because of Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport's relatively low elevation of 400 feet, planes can take off or land at Muhammad Bin Qasim 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 CAA of Pakistan has earmarked on a Rs.
• In addition to being known as "Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport", another name for MUX is "Multan Airport".
• During June 2010, the Prime Minister of Pakistan performed the ground-breaking of a new passenger terminal at Multan airport.