Nonstop flight route between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Lake Murray Airport (LMY), Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,098 miles (or 14,642 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 ToncontĂn International Airport and Lake Murray 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 ToncontĂn International Airport and Lake Murray Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGU / MHTG |
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Location: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°3'42"N by 87°13'0"W |
Area Served: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 3297 feet (1,005 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TGU |
More Information: | TGU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LMY / |
Airport Name: | Lake Murray Airport |
Location: | Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°0'33"S by 141°29'36"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from LMY |
More Information: | LMY Maps & Info |
Facts about ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU):
- In addition to being known as "ToncontĂn International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional ToncontĂn".
- The furthest airport from ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to ToncontĂn International Airport (meaning ToncontĂn International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,530 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
- ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) currently has only 1 runway.
- On July 7, 2008, President Zelaya announced the reopening of ToncontĂn airport at a news conference following a three-hour meeting with businessmen, who had demanded commercial flights resume at ToncontĂn due to Soto Cano Air Base being too far from Tegucigalpa.
- The Aviator Luigi Venditti conducted several flights using the natural floodplain from ToncontĂn.
- ToncontĂn International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
- During the Football War of 1969, ToncontĂn was a major target for the Salvadoran Air Force, and it was bombed on several occasions by Salvadoran Air-raids.
- Historically, larger aircraft have occasionally landed at ToncontĂn, such as a Douglas DC-8 on a mission with Orbis International in 1987, and a C-17 Globemaster in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
Facts about Lake Murray Airport (LMY):
- The furthest airport from Lake Murray Airport (LMY) is ParnaĂba–Prefeito Dr. JoĂŁo Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 11,717 miles (18,857 kilometers) away in Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Lake Murray Airport (LMY) is Aiambak Airport (AIH), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SW of LMY.
- Because of Lake Murray Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Lake Murray 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.