Nonstop flight route between Detroit, Michigan, United States and Kota, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States and Kota Airport (KTU), Kota, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,598 miles (or 12,227 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP) and Kota 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP) and Kota Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1956 there were seven commercial passenger carriers operating out of Willow Run.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• Once production began, it became difficult to introduce changes dictated by field experience in the various overseas theaters onto the production line in a timely fashion.
• Willow Run transitioned to production of the B-24H in June 1943.
• The first Ford-built Liberators rolled off the Willow Run line in September 1942.
• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• At the request of the government, Ford began to decentralize operations and many parts were assembled at other Ford plants as well as by the company's sub-contractors, with the Willow Run plant concentrating on final aircraft assembly.

Facts about Kota Airport (KTU):

• The furthest airport from Kota Airport (KTU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kota Airport (meaning Kota Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,082 miles (19,444 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Kota Airport", other names for KTU include "कोटा हवाई अड्डे" and "KOTA".
• Kota Airport (KTU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kota Airport (KTU) is Jaipur Airport (JAI), which is located 115 miles (185 kilometers) N of KTU.
• Because of Kota Airport's relatively low elevation of 896 feet, planes can take off or land at Kota 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.