Nonstop flight route between Mataram, Indonesia and Guanare, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Selaparang Airport (AMI), Mataram, Indonesia and Guanare Airport (GUQ), Guanare, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,036 miles (or 19,370 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 Selaparang Airport and Guanare 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 Selaparang Airport and Guanare Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between AMI and GUQ makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Selaparang Airport and Guanare Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between AMI and GUQ are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Mataram, Indonesia and Guanare, Venezuela by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between AMI and GUQ!

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Facts about Selaparang Airport (AMI):

• Taxi Mataram operated from the airport until 30 September 2011.
• In addition to being known as "Selaparang Airport", another name for AMI is "Bandar Udara Internasional".
• Because of Selaparang Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Selaparang 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.
• All demountable facilities were removed to Bandara Internasional Lombok at the time of cessation of operations at Selaparang.
• The furthest airport from Selaparang Airport (AMI) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Selaparang Airport (meaning Selaparang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• The closest airport to Selaparang Airport (AMI) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) SE of AMI.
• On 28 July 2011 the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, published an announcement stating that from 1 October 2011 at 02:00 hrs all incoming and outgoing aircraft were to use the new Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok Regency.
• For specifications source please see PT Angkasa Pura I
• Selaparang Airport (AMI) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Guanare Airport (GUQ):

• The closest airport to Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) SW of GUQ.
• The furthest airport from Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Guanare Airport (meaning Guanare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Guanare Airport", another name for GUQ is "Aeropuerto Nacional Virgen de Coromoto".
• Guanare Airport (GUQ) currently has only 1 runway.