Nonstop flight route between Sylhet, Bangladesh and Baghdad, Iraq:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL), Sylhet, Bangladesh and Baghdad International Airport (SDA), Baghdad, Iraq would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,907 miles (or 4,678 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 MAG Osmani International Airport and Baghdad 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 MAG Osmani International Airport and Baghdad International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZYL / VGSY |
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Location: | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°57'47"N by 91°52'0"E |
Area Served: | Sylhet |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 50 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZYL |
More Information: | ZYL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDA / ORBI |
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Location: | Baghdad, Iraq |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°15'45"N by 44°14'3"E |
Operator/Owner: | Iraqi Government |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 114 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SDA |
More Information: | SDA Maps & Info |
Facts about MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL):
- MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL) currently has only 1 runway.
- MAG Osmani International Airport is an international airport located 5 miles north-east of Sylhet in Bangladesh.
- Nevertheless, on 3 November 2002, the airport received its first international arrival.
- Because of MAG Osmani International Airport's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at MAG Osmani 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.
- Osmani International Airport was built during British rule of the Indian Subcontinent, partly to check Japanese aggression from Burma.
- In addition to being known as "MAG Osmani International Airport", other names for ZYL include "ওসমানী আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর" and "Osmani Antarjātik Bimānabandar".
- Biman operates a Boeing 777-300ER twice a week directly from London and once a week from Jeddah to drop passengers off before heading back to Dhaka.
- The vast majority of passengers using the airport are expatriate Bangladeshis and their descendants from the Sylhet Division living in the United Kingdom.
- The closest airport to MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL) is Kailashahar Airport (IXH), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) S of ZYL.
- The furthest airport from MAG Osmani International Airport (ZYL) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,345 miles (18,258 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
Facts about Baghdad International Airport (SDA):
- Because of Baghdad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 114 feet, planes can take off or land at Baghdad 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.
- In addition to being known as "Baghdad International Airport", other names for SDA include "مطار بغداد الدولي", "Matar Baġdād ad-Dowaly" and "BGW".
- The closest airport to Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Baghdad International Airport (BGW), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SDA.
- Baghdad International Airport (SDA) has 2 runways.
- Civilian control of the airport was returned to the Iraqi Government in 2004.
- Most of Baghdad's civil flights stopped in 1991, when the United Nations imposed restrictions on Iraq after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.
- The furthest airport from Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.