Nonstop flight route between Tucson, Arizona, United States and Delhi, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Arizona, United States and Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), Delhi, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,211 miles (or 13,214 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 Tucson International Airport and Indira Gandhi 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 Tucson International Airport and Indira Gandhi 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 Tucson International Airport (TUS):

• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command.
• The closest airport to Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of TUS.
• The furthest airport from Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,528 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Tucson International Airport handled 1,779,679 passengers last year.
• The wing also hosts the Air National Guard / Air Force Reserve Command Command Test Center as a tenant unit, which conducts operational testing on behalf of the Air Reserve Component.
• Tucson International Airport (TUS) has 3 runways.

Facts about Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL):

• The closest airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Agra Airport (AGR), which is located 110 miles (178 kilometers) SSE of DEL.
• Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) has 3 runways.
• Terminal 1D is newly built interim domestic terminal with a total floor space of 35,000 m2 that has the capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year.
• Safdarjung Airport was built in 1930 and was the main airport for Delhi until 1962.
• On 31 January 2006, the aviation minister Praful Patel announced that the empowered Group of Ministers have agreed to sell the management-rights of Delhi Airport to the DIAL consortium and the Mumbai airport to the GVK-led consortium.
• Trials for simultaneous use of all the runways is expected to start on 6 June 2012.
• Because of Indira Gandhi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 777 feet, planes can take off or land at Indira Gandhi 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 Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Indira Gandhi International Airport (meaning Indira Gandhi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,026 miles (19,354 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport of the National Capital Region of Delhi, India, situated in Palam, 15 km south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 km from New Delhi city centre.
• The old airport terminal is now known as Terminal 1 and handles domestic flights for all budget airlines.
• Upon the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj specified flights move to this separate terminal to prevent disruption of other passengers who are travelling to other areas of the globe.