Nonstop flight route between Manhattan, Kansas, United States and Rajkot, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), Manhattan, Kansas, United States and Rajkot Airport (RAJ), Rajkot, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,114 miles (or 13,058 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 Manhattan Regional Airport and Rajkot 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 Manhattan Regional Airport and Rajkot Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK):

• During the 1970s Capital Air, operating as an air taxi service, suffered two crashes, each with fatalities.
• The closest airport to Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of MHK.
• Heartland Aviation uses an 8,000-square-foot stone maintenance hangar, constructed in 1940, next to the General Aviation terminal building for servicing and repairing aircraft.
• An older 4,100-square-foot terminal building built in 1958 is now home to General Aviation Training & Testing Service.
• Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) has 2 runways.
• Three air navigation systems and multiple lighting systems guide aircraft to the Airport.
• Great Lakes Airlines flew to Manhattan between March 30, 2008, and April 7, 2010, taking over after Mesa left and ending service after American Eagle announced additional expansion.
• The furthest airport from Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,646 miles (17,133 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• American Eagle operates scheduled daily flights to Dallas/Ft.

Facts about Rajkot Airport (RAJ):

• The closest airport to Rajkot Airport (RAJ) is Jamnagar Airport (JGA), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) WNW of RAJ.
• The furthest airport from Rajkot Airport (RAJ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Rajkot Airport (meaning Rajkot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Rajkot Airport", another name for RAJ is "રાજકોટ વિમાનમથક".
• Rajkot Airport (RAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Rajkot Airport's relatively low elevation of 441 feet, planes can take off or land at Rajkot 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 authorities have finalised the site for the first ever international airport in Saurashtra, which will be located near Rajkot.