Nonstop flight route between Edinburgh, United Kingdom and La Paz, Bolivia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Edinburgh, United Kingdom and El Alto International Airport (LPB), La Paz, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,247 miles (or 10,053 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 Edinburgh Airport and El Alto International 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 Edinburgh Airport and El Alto International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDI / EGPH |
Airport Name: | Edinburgh Airport |
Location: | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°57'0"N by 3°22'21"W |
Area Served: | Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife, the Scottish Borders and Central Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Global Infrastructure Partners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 136 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from EDI |
More Information: | EDI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPB / SLLP |
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Location: | La Paz, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°30'47"S by 68°11'31"W |
Area Served: | La Paz, Bolivia |
Operator/Owner: | Abertis Airports |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 13325 feet (4,061 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPB |
More Information: | LPB Maps & Info |
Facts about Edinburgh Airport (EDI):
- The airport lies on the A8 Glasgow-Edinburgh road, and can be easily reached by the M8 and the M9.
- Because of Edinburgh Airport's relatively low elevation of 136 feet, planes can take off or land at Edinburgh 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.
- In 2013 a further extension to the passenger terminal was announced, taking the terminal building up to the Edinburgh Airport tram stop.
- Edinburgh Airport handled 9,775,443 passengers last year.
- The airport is owned and operated by Global Infrastructure Partners, which also owns and operates Gatwick Airport and London City Airport.
- When the war ended the airfield still remained under military control, but by the late 1940s the first commercial services were launched.
- The likelihood of an additional runway has been thrown into doubt following a revised masterplan in January 2011, with passenger numbers expected to be lower than previously thought - 12.3 million by 2020 and 20 million by 2040.
- Edinburgh Airport is located at Ingliston in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2013, handling just under 9.8 million passengers in that year.
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Perth Airport (PSL), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) N of EDI.
- The furthest airport from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
Facts about El Alto International Airport (LPB):
- In addition to being known as "El Alto International Airport", another name for LPB is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto".
- The closest airport to El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Apolo Airport (APB), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) N of LPB.
- El Alto International Airport handled 833,212 passengers last year.
- El Alto International Airport is an international airport located 8 mi south-west of La Paz, Bolivia.
- Because of El Alto International Airport's high elevation of 13,325 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LPB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LPB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The Bolivian air transport started in 1916, when the Military school of Aviation was formed in La Paz.
- El Alto International Airport (LPB) has 2 runways.
- The Bolivian territory is characterized by extremely eventful relief.
- The furthest airport from El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX), which is nearly antipodal to El Alto International Airport (meaning El Alto International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sanya Phoenix International Airport), and is located 12,236 miles (19,692 kilometers) away in Sanya, Hainan, China.