Nonstop flight route between Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic, Russia and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Belaya Gora Airport (BGN), Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic, Russia and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,484 miles (or 5,606 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 Belaya Gora 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 Belaya Gora 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 Belaya Gora Airport (BGN):

• The closest airport to Belaya Gora Airport (BGN) is Chokurdakh Airport (CKH), which is located 150 miles (241 kilometers) NNE of BGN.
• The furthest airport from Belaya Gora Airport (BGN) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,598 miles (18,666 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• In addition to being known as "Belaya Gora Airport", another name for BGN is "Аэропорт Белая Гора".
• Because of Belaya Gora Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Belaya Gora 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.
• Belaya Gora Airport (BGN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• 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.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of 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 airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• 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.
• At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
• A night landing facility was created by fixing navigational lighting facilities on the runway at a cost of 99 million yuan only in 2007.