Nonstop flight route between Fortuna, California, United States and Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rohnerville Airport (FOT), Fortuna, California, United States and Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,860 miles (or 11,041 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 Rohnerville Airport and Qamdo Bamda 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 Rohnerville Airport and Qamdo Bamda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rohnerville Airport (FOT):

• The closest airport to Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is Murray Field (EKA), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) N of FOT.
• Rohnerville Airport (FOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Rohnerville Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Rohnerville 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.
• For the year ending in October 2004, the airport had 27,500 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day, all of which were general aviation.
• The furthest airport from Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,248 miles (18,102 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX):

• Qamdo Bamda Airport, also known as Changdu Bangda Airport, is an airport serving Qamdo, Tibet, China.
• Visitors are warned before landing to move slowly on leaving the plane and that they may feel light headed or dizzy because of the thin air.
• Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) N of BPX.
• Because of Qamdo Bamda Airport's high elevation of 14,436 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Qamdo Bamda Airport", other names for BPX include "昌都邦达机场" and "Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is located 11,747 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
• The airport is 2.5 hours by mountain road from the county seat of Qamdo.