Nonstop flight route between Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and Puebla, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC), Puebla, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,081 miles (or 16,224 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 Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) and Hermanos Serdán 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 Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) and Hermanos Serdán International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS):

• To meet the ever increasing number of passengers the terminal buildings were extended with construction of an International Terminal building undertaken from 1965 to 1969.
• Because of Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)'s relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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 master plan was originally proposed prior to the tourism downturn in Bali following the two bombing incidents.
• In October 2010 former vice president Jusuf Kalla proposed a massive overhaul of the airport's facilities.
• The furthest airport from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (meaning Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• In 1942 the airstrip was in use to stage fighter and bomber operations and received bombing damage from Japanese forces.
• With about 12 to 15 percent passengers growth annually, the airport will reach 20 million passengers per annum in 2017, which is the current airport's full capacity.
• The closest airport to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of DPS.
• In addition to being known as "Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)", other names for DPS include "Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai (NRIA)" and "WADD formerly WRRR".
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) currently has only 1 runway.
• To allow jet aircraft such as the Douglas DC8 and the Boeing 707 to operate from Bali, it was necessary to extend the runway westward into the sea as any potential eastern extension of the runway was by now blocked by the expansion of the local fishing village.
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) handled 12,780,563 passengers last year.

Facts about Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC):

• The furthest airport from Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,318 miles (18,214 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• As of May 12, 2012, the airport has been closed several times due to volcanic ash from Popocatépetl volcano.
• Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC) is Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) WNW of PBC.
• According to Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, in 2012 Puebla air terminal served 264,211 passengers, whereas in 2013 it received 292,152 passengers.
• Because of Hermanos Serdán International Airport's high elevation of 7,361 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PBC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PBC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Hermanos Serdán International Airport", another name for PBC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Puebla".