Nonstop flight route between Trivandrum, Kerala, India and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Trivandrum International Airport (TRV), Trivandrum, Kerala, India and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,875 miles (or 14,283 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 Trivandrum International Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base, 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 Trivandrum International Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Trivandrum International Airport (TRV):

• There are two terminals, Terminal 1 is for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for International flights.
• In 1935, on royal patronage of H.H Maharaja Chitra Thirunal, Tata Airlines made its maiden flight to the airport using DH.83 Fox Moth aircraft under command of India's first pilot Nevill Vintcent, carried two passengers Jamshed Navoroji, a Tata company official, and Kanchi Dwarakadas, commercial agent of Travancore to Bombay Presidency along with a special mail from Viceroy of British India, Lord Willingdon wishing birthday greetings to the Maharaja.
• Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first flight from the airport took off on 1 November 1935, carrying mails of Royal Anchal to Bombay.
• The entrance to the terminal is from the Chaka-Eenchakkal road.
• In addition to civil operations, Trivandrum Airport also caters to the Indian Air Force and the Coast Guard for their strategic operations.
• Because of Trivandrum International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Trivandrum 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 furthest airport from Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• On 1 March 2011, The first flight operated from the new international terminal.
• The closest airport to Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) is Cochin International Airport (COK), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) NNW of TRV.

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• Strategic Air Command assumed operational control of Bunker Hill Air Force Base from Tactical Air Command on 1 September 1957.
• The closest airport to Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of GUS.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".
• The 305th Air Refueling Wing phased out operations and ended its presence on base on 30 September 1994, when the Air Force inactivated it.
• The furthest airport from Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The United States Navy established Naval Air Station Bunker Hill in 1942 and closed it after World War II ended.
• On 1 February 1978, the Air Force renamed the 305th Air Refueling Wing as the 305th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy.