Nonstop flight route between Pucón, Chile and South Lake Tahoe, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pucón Airport (ZPC), Pucón, Chile and Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL), South Lake Tahoe, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,199 miles (or 9,977 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 Pucón Airport and Lake Tahoe 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 Pucón Airport and Lake Tahoe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZPC / SCPC |
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Location: | Pucón, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°17'29"S by 71°55'14"W |
Area Served: | Pucón, Chile |
Operator/Owner: | Chilean State |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 879 feet (268 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZPC |
More Information: | ZPC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TVL / KTVL |
Airport Name: | Lake Tahoe Airport |
Location: | South Lake Tahoe, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°53'38"N by 119°59'43"W |
Operator/Owner: | The City of South Lake Tahoe |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6264 feet (1,909 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TVL |
More Information: | TVL Maps & Info |
Facts about Pucón Airport (ZPC):
- In addition to being known as "Pucón Airport", another name for ZPC is "Aeropuerto Pucón".
- The furthest airport from Pucón Airport (ZPC) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Pucón Airport (meaning Pucón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
- Pucón Airport (ZPC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Pucón Airport (ZPC) is Maquehue Airport (ZCO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) NW of ZPC.
- Because of Pucón Airport's relatively low elevation of 879 feet, planes can take off or land at Pucón 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.
Facts about Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL):
- The closest airport to Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) is Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ENE of TVL.
- Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Lake Tahoe Airport is a public airport three miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California.
- In 1999 Casino Express Airlines operating as Tahoe Air started low fare Boeing 737-200s nonstop to San Jose and Los Angeles.
- Because of Lake Tahoe Airport's high elevation of 6,264 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TVL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TVL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,214 miles (18,048 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.