Nonstop flight route between Kathmandu, Nepal and Kaunas, Lithuania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,546 miles (or 5,707 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 Tribhuvan International Airport and Kaunas 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 Tribhuvan International Airport and Kaunas 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 Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM):

• In addition to being known as "Tribhuvan International Airport", another name for KTM is "त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल".
• Tribhuvan International Airport handled 3,405,015 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Ramechhap Airport (RHP), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ESE of KTM.
• The Airport has two Public Terminals.
• Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Tribhuvan International Airport's high elevation of 4,390 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport began as Gauchaur Airport, named after the area of Kathmandu where it was situated.

Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):

• The runway of Kaunas Airport is 3,250m long and 45m wide, and is categorized with a 4E ICAO reference code.
• The airport is on Eastern European Time.
• In 2012 the airport handled 830,268 passengers where 99% of the flow were international passengers travelling on scheduled services.
• The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
• In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
• The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas International 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.
• The Airpark is a territory of Kaunas Free Economic Zone adjacent to Kaunas Airport.
• In 2008 the new three-storey terminal building has been opened for passenger operations.
• Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.