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Taj Mahal

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The Taj Mahal, lit. 'Crown of the Palace', is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.

Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643, but work continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around ₹32 million, which in 2020 would be approximately ₹70 billion (about U.S. $1 billion). The construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by the court architect to the emperor, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Various types of symbolism have been employed in the Taj to reflect natural beauty and divinity.

The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". It is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history. The Taj Mahal attracts more than 6 million visitors a year and in 2007, it was declared a winner of the New 7 Wonders of the World (2000–2007) initiative.

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Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
15JUL25 2106Z OPLA VIAG Aramine Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-550/700 (CRJ7) -403 ft/m 453 nm 01:11 View
13JUL25 1804Z OJAQ VIAG Paul Reid Airbus A350-1000 (A35K) -346 ft/m 2326 nm 04:58 View
13JUL25 0702Z VILK VIAG Dotmatrix Airbus A320 (A320) -1482 ft/m 310 nm 00:56 View
11JUL25 1146Z VILK VIAG Squales27 Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) -195 ft/m 191 nm 01:07 View
11JUL25 1145Z VILK VIAG Patoch974 Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) -54 ft/m 185 nm 01:02 View
10JUL25 0857Z VIDD VIAG Matt Hurst Cessna 152 (C152) -40 ft/m 111 nm 01:36 View
05JUL25 1849Z VIJN VIAG Kskid35 Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -177 ft/m 120 nm 00:18 View
30JUN25 1752Z OJAQ VIAG Danny Horne Airbus A330-300 (A333) -686 ft/m 2465 nm 05:12 View
23JUN25 0707Z VNKT VIAG Guido Airbus A340-600 (A346) -388 ft/m 451 nm 01:04 View
18JUN25 1034Z VNKT VIAG Pdb0001 Embraer ERJ-190 (E190) -18 ft/m 427 nm 01:07 View
15JUN25 0828Z VIDP VIAG P CHATAKANANDA Lockheed C-130 Hercules (C130) -626 ft/m 141 nm 00:34 View
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11JUN25 1621Z VIJP VIAG Tomas Pontetto Boeing 767-300 (B763) -162 ft/m 142 nm 00:28 View
05JUN25 1906Z VIDP VIAG Charliemenem Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -225 ft/m 123 nm 00:25 View
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05JUN25 1905Z VIDP VIAG Fratachus Boeing 737-700 (B737) -112 ft/m 123 nm 00:24 View
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28MAY25 2050Z VIDP VIAG Bat24SS Grumman F-14 Tomcat (F14) -296 ft/m 102 nm 00:08 View
25MAY25 1431Z VILK VIAG Xeromman Cessna Citation CJ3 (C25B) -73 ft/m 202 nm 00:23 View
22MAY25 1705Z VILK VIAG Dabullair Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -61 ft/m 187 nm 00:46 View