Nonstop flight route between Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada and Silchar, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP), Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada and Silchar Airport (IXS), Silchar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,381 miles (or 10,270 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 Rainbow Lake Airport and Silchar 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 Rainbow Lake Airport and Silchar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP):

• The closest airport to Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) is High Level Airport (YOJ), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) E of YOP.
• Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,120 miles (16,286 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.

Facts about Silchar Airport (IXS):

• The furthest airport from Silchar Airport (IXS) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
• - 5 May 1957 - The DC-3 Cargo flight of Indian Airlines departed silchar for a flight to Calcutta.
• Silchar Airport (IXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Previously silchar was also served by Vayudoot between late 80's and 90's and then by Air Deccan which started flights between kolkata and silchar back in November 2005 then later on it became Kingfisher Red in 2008 but the airline stopped operating from silchar on February 2012.
• The closest airport to Silchar Airport (IXS) is Imphal International Airport (IMF), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) E of IXS.
• - 19 October 1988 - A Fokker F27 of Vayudoot was on a scheduled flight from Silchar to Guwahati when it disappeared on approach to the airport.
• Because of Silchar Airport's relatively low elevation of 352 feet, planes can take off or land at Silchar 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.
• - 10 June 2012 - As the Air India Regional flight AI9760 an ATR 42-320 aircraft took off from Silchar airport for Guwahati one of the ground staff saw something dropped from the sky, it was one of the nose wheels of the aircraft, then the Air Traffic Control of Silchar airport immediately informed the flight captain Mrs.
• In addition to being known as "Silchar Airport", other names for IXS include "Kumbhirgram Air Force Base", "শিলচর বিমানবন্দর" and "কুম্ভীরগ্রাম বায়ুসেনা বেস".
• In December 1985, Indian Airlines operated the first all-woman crew flight in the world from Kolkata to Silchar using a Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft which was commanded by Captain Saudamini Deshmukh along with first officer Nivedita Bhasin.
• After a long wait for many years the runway and apron extension work finally stabilized on August 2007 and then the last Boeing 737-200 flight took off for Kolkata on 2 September 2007 which was operated by Alliance Air and from the next day itself Air India started operating Airbus A320 on Kolkata route as the old Boeing 737-200 aircraft were not in safety zone in terms of flying purpose.