Nonstop flight route between Arequipa, Peru and Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), Arequipa, Peru and Lien Khuong Airport (DLI), Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,120 miles (or 19,505 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 Rodríguez Ballón International Airport and Lien Khuong 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 Rodríguez Ballón International Airport and Lien Khuong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between AQP and DLI makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Rodríguez Ballón International Airport and Lien Khuong 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 AQP and DLI are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Arequipa, Peru and Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam 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 AQP and DLI!

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Facts about Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP):

• Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 18 March 1983, Douglas C-47E FAP-356 of the Fuerza Aérea del Perú was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Arequipa Airport.
• The airport is currently operated by the consortium "Aeropuertos Andinos", who reshuffled and modernized the existing facilities.
• The furthest airport from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), which is nearly antipodal to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (meaning Rodríguez Ballón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Đà Nẵng International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,975 kilometers) away in Da Nang, Vietnam.
• Because of Rodríguez Ballón International Airport's high elevation of 8,405 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AQP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AQP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) is Ilo Airport (ILQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) S of AQP.

Facts about Lien Khuong Airport (DLI):

• The furthest airport from Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Lien Khuong Airport (meaning Lien Khuong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.
• Lien Khuong Airport was built by the French colonists in 1933 with a 700-meter-long soil runway.
• Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) currently has only 1 runway.
• During 1964–1972, the runway, apron, packing, access roads went through improvement and reinforcement, the runway was refaced with asphalt from 8–10 cm in depth.
• In addition to being known as "Lien Khuong Airport", another name for DLI is "Sân bay Liên Khương".
• Since October 2004, this airport has served more air link with Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport with Fokker 70 aircraft.
• The closest airport to Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) ENE of DLI.