Nonstop flight route between Lyon, France and Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), Lyon, France and Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM), Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,003 miles (or 9,661 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport and Puerto Escondido 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport and Puerto Escondido 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS):

• The airport was originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, but in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on the centenary of his birth.
• The furthest airport from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,284 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 821 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyon–Saint Exupéry 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 closest airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) is Lyon–Bron Airport (LYN), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) W of LYS.
• Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport", another name for LYS is "Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry".
• Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport handled 8,451,039 passengers last year.

Facts about Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM):

• Because of Puerto Escondido International Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at Puerto Escondido 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 closest airport to Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM) is Huatulco International Airport (HUX), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) E of PXM.
• The furthest airport from Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Puerto Escondido International Airport", another name for PXM is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Escondido".