Nonstop flight route between Tichitt, Mauritania and Luqa, Malta:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tichitt Airport (THI), Tichitt, Mauritania and Malta International Airport (MLA), Luqa, Malta would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,894 miles (or 3,047 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 relatively short distance between Tichitt Airport and Malta International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THI / GQNC |
Airport Name: | Tichitt Airport |
Location: | Tichitt, Mauritania |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°26'59"N by 9°31'1"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from THI |
More Information: | THI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLA / LMML |
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Location: | Luqa, Malta |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°51'27"N by 14°28'38"E |
Area Served: | Malta |
Operator/Owner: | Malta International Airport plc |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 300 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLA |
More Information: | MLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Tichitt Airport (THI):
- The closest airport to Tichitt Airport (THI) is Tamchakett Airport (THT), which is located 120 miles (193 kilometers) SW of THI.
- The furthest airport from Tichitt Airport (THI) is Futuna Airport (FTA), which is nearly antipodal to Tichitt Airport (meaning Tichitt Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Futuna Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,894 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Taféa, Vanuatu.
Facts about Malta International Airport (MLA):
- Because of Malta International Airport's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Malta 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 Malta Airport MetOffice is part of the Malta International Airport and provides the function of a national meteorological service for Malta.
- The closest airport to Malta International Airport (MLA) is Xewkija / Gozo Heliport (GZM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NW of MLA.
- The airport car parking has considerably increased during 2009.
- Air traffic constantly increased and new airlines with larger aircraft started operations.
- Malta International Airport (MLA) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Malta International Airport", other names for MLA include "Luqa Airport" and "Valletta Airport".
- The furthest airport from Malta International Airport (MLA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Malta International Airport handled 405,200 passengers last year.
- The foundation stone of the present air terminal was laid in September 1989 and inaugurated in record time 29 months later in February 1992.
- Malta International Airport is the only airport in Malta and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago.