Nonstop flight route between Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT), Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,843 miles (or 15,841 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 Chafei Amsei State Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Chafei Amsei State Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT):

• In 2013 a partnership between the airport administration and the Barretos Cancer Hospital, the biggest in Latin America, was created.
• Chafei Amsei State Airport handled 4,130 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Chafei Amsei State Airport", other names for BAT include "Aeroporto Estadual Chafei Amsei" and "SNBA".
• Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) is Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) WSW of BAT.
• The furthest airport from Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Chafei Amsei State Airport (meaning Chafei Amsei State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,073 miles (19,430 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• The main airlines flying to and from Lhasa Gonggar Airport are the following.
• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• In 1965 the Gonggar Airport was constructed.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.