Nonstop flight route between Zaqatala, Azerbaijan and Mangalore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zaqatala International Airport (ZTU), Zaqatala, Azerbaijan and Mangalore Airport (IXE), Mangalore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,604 miles (or 4,191 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 Zaqatala International Airport and Mangalore 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 Zaqatala International Airport and Mangalore Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zaqatala International Airport (ZTU):

• In addition to being known as "Zaqatala International Airport", another name for ZTU is "Zaqatala Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı".
• The closest airport to Zaqatala International Airport (ZTU) is Ganja International Airport (KVD), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSW of ZTU.
• The furthest airport from Zaqatala International Airport (ZTU) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,157 miles (17,955 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Mangalore Airport (IXE):

• Provision of runway end safety area, ensuring proper markings on the runway and proper maintenance of the basic strip were implemented in after the directorate General of Civil Aviation identified this as one of the 11 airports in India as unsafe.
• Construction of a new air traffic control complex is expected to be over by June 2013 to handle the increasing traffic at the airport.
• In 2007–08 the airport handled 10,019 aircraft movements as compared to 6,268 the previous year.
• Mangalore central railway station and Mangalore airport are connected by the bus services of the KSRTC city bus service.
• The furthest airport from Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,417 miles (18,373 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• On 28 September 2012 an Airbus A310, a first of aircraft in that class, landed for the first time at Mangalore.
• Mangalore Airport (IXE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Mangalore Airport's relatively low elevation of 337 feet, planes can take off or land at Mangalore 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 closest airport to Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mysore Airport (MYQ), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) ESE of IXE.