Nonstop flight route between Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil and Lukla, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT), Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil and Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA), Lukla, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,593 miles (or 15,438 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 Chafei Amsei State Airport and Tenzing-Hillary 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 Chafei Amsei State Airport and Tenzing-Hillary Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT):

• Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) is Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) WSW of BAT.
• In 2013 a partnership between the airport administration and the Barretos Cancer Hospital, the biggest in Latin America, was created.
• Chafei Amsei State Airport is the airport serving Barretos, Brazil.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The furthest airport from Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Chafei Amsei State Airport (meaning Chafei Amsei State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,073 miles (19,430 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• Chafei Amsei State Airport handled 4,130 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Chafei Amsei State Airport", other names for BAT include "Aeroporto Estadual Chafei Amsei" and "SNBA".

Facts about Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA):

• Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tenzing-Hillary Airport", another name for LUA is "तेन्जिङ हिलारी विमानस्थल".
• In January 2008 the airport was renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and also to mark their efforts in the construction of this airport.
• The apron has four stands and there is one helipad located 140 m from the control tower.
• The closest airport to Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Phaplu Airport (PPL), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of LUA.
• Because of Tenzing-Hillary Airport's high elevation of 9,383 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,446 miles (18,421 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.