Nonstop flight route between Umiat, Alaska, United States and Hulhulé Island, Maldives:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Umiat Airport (UMT), Umiat, Alaska, United States and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), Hulhulé Island, Maldives would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,923 miles (or 11,142 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 Umiat Airport and Ibrahim Nasir 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 Umiat Airport and Ibrahim Nasir 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: | UMT / PAUM |
Airport Name: | Umiat Airport |
Location: | Umiat, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°22'15"N by 152°8'5"W |
Area Served: | Umiat, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 267 feet (81 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UMT |
More Information: | UMT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLE / VRMM |
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Location: | Hulhulé Island, Maldives |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°11'30"N by 73°31'44"E |
Area Served: | Malé, Maldives |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Maldives |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLE |
More Information: | MLE Maps & Info |
Facts about Umiat Airport (UMT):
- The furthest airport from Umiat Airport (UMT) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,143 miles (16,324 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Umiat Airport (UMT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Umiat Airport's relatively low elevation of 267 feet, planes can take off or land at Umiat 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 Umiat Airport (UMT) is Nuiqsut Airport (NUI), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) NNE of UMT.
Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):
- In addition to being known as "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "އިބްރާހިމް ނާސިރު ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެބަނދަރު".
- Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir 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.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
- Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 26 July 2011 Independence Day, the Maldivian government officially changed the name of the airport to 'Ibrahim Nasir International Airport'.
- On 25 November 2010, MACL officially handed over the aerodrome license of Malé International Airport to GMIAL.
- The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
- The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- When the tourism industry in the Maldives began in 1972, the country was in need of an international standard airport to transport tourists to the resort islands.