Nonstop flight route between Butte, Montana, United States and South Lake Tahoe, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, United States and Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL), South Lake Tahoe, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 619 miles (or 997 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 relatively short distance between Bert Mooney Airport and Lake Tahoe Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTM / KBTM | 
| Airport Name: | Bert Mooney Airport | 
| Location: | Butte, Montana, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°57'16"N by 112°29'51"W | 
| Area Served: | Butte, Montana | 
| Operator/Owner: | Bert Mooney Airport Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5550 feet (1,692 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BTM | 
| More Information: | BTM 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 Bert Mooney Airport (BTM):
- Because of Bert Mooney Airport's high elevation of 5,550 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Dillon Airport (DLN), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) S of BTM.
- Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) has 2 runways.
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 30,431 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 25,178 in 2009 and 25,433 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Bert Mooney Airport is a public airport three miles southeast of Butte, in Silver Bow County, Montana.
Facts about Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL):
- The ban on airline jets then ended, and jet flights resumed in 1983 on AirCal McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and later Boeing 737-300s.
- Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- Airlines in bold flew jets to Lake Tahoe.
- The closest airport to Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) is Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ENE of TVL.
- 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.
