Nonstop flight route between Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Capitão João Busse Airport (APU), Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,082 miles (or 16,225 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 Capitão João Busse Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Capitão João Busse Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Capitão João Busse Airport (APU):

• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Capitão João Busse Airport", another name for APU is "Aeroporto Capitão João Busse".
• Capitão João Busse Airport handled 701 passengers last year.
• Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NNW of APU.
• The furthest airport from Capitão João Busse Airport (APU) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Capitão João Busse Airport (meaning Capitão João Busse Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,712 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• Gonggar Airport is in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• A new highway between Lhasa and the Gonggar Airport has been built by the Transportation Department of Tibet at a cost of RMB 1.5 billion yuan.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• In 1965 the Gonggar Airport was constructed.
• The main airlines flying to and from Lhasa Gonggar Airport are the following.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.