Nonstop flight route between Luzhou, Sichuan, China and Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO), Luzhou, Sichuan, China and Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ), Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,242 miles (or 3,607 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 relatively short distance between Luzhou Lantian Airport and Civil Enclave Bhuj, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LZO / ZULZ |
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Location: | Luzhou, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°51'10"N by 105°23'27"E |
Area Served: | Luzhou, Sichuan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LZO |
More Information: | LZO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHJ / VABJ |
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Location: | Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°17'16"N by 69°40'13"E |
Area Served: | Bhuj |
Operator/Owner: | Indian Air ForceAirports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 257 feet (78 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHJ |
More Information: | BHJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO):
- Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Luzhou Lantian Airport (meaning Luzhou Lantian Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,219 miles (19,664 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- The closest airport to Luzhou Lantian Airport (LZO) is Yibin Caiba Airport (YBP), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) W of LZO.
- In addition to being known as "Luzhou Lantian Airport", other names for LZO include "泸州蓝田机场" and "Lúzhōu Lántián Jīchǎng".
Facts about Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ):
- The airstrip was destroyed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in air strikes in which Pakistani bombers dropped napalm bombs.
- The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of an Airbus A320, while the apron can accommodate two Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the same time.
- The airport has an average of 4,039 passengers arriving and 3,636 passengers departing per month.
- The original ATC tower was destroyed in the earthquake and an ad hoc terminal was set up for rescue operations.
- In 2005, then Member of Parliament from Kutch, Pushpdan Gadhavi, as well as Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, made a request to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to rename the airport after revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma.
- Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- A contradictory report by Red Cross International, however, stated that power and telecommunications were unavailable and that the airport was shut.
- The furthest airport from Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Civil Enclave Bhuj (meaning Civil Enclave Bhuj is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,163 miles (19,574 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Civil Enclave Bhuj (BHJ) is Kandla Airport (IXY), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of BHJ.
- Because of Civil Enclave Bhuj's relatively low elevation of 257 feet, planes can take off or land at Civil Enclave Bhuj 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 the 1930s Tata Air Lines won a government contract to run a bi-weekly service from Karachi to Colombo via Bhuj, Ahmedabad, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras and Trichinopoly.
- In addition to being known as "Civil Enclave Bhuj", other names for BHJ include "Bhuj Rudra Mata Airport", "Bhuj Airport" and "Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base".