Nonstop flight route between Guanare, Venezuela and Liberia, Costa Rica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guanare Airport (GUQ), Guanare, Venezuela and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR), Liberia, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,080 miles (or 1,739 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 Guanare Airport and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Guanare Airport (GUQ):

• The closest airport to Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) SW of GUQ.
• In addition to being known as "Guanare Airport", another name for GUQ is "Aeropuerto Nacional Virgen de Coromoto".
• The furthest airport from Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Guanare Airport (meaning Guanare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Guanare Airport (GUQ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR):

• Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, also known as Liberia International Airport, is one of four international airports in Costa Rica.
• The closest airport to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Tamarindo Airport (TNO), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SW of LIR.
• Daniel Oduber Quirós International airport is the country's second and Central America's ninth busiest airport.
• In 2006 to manage increased demand, the government and local tourism chamber boards set aside funds to increase the parking area on the tarmac from 5 to 8 airplanes and the construction of a parallel taxiway.
• Because of Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)'s relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) 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.
• The furthest airport from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (meaning Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In October 1995 the airport was re-inaugurated as an international airport, as a part of the expansion the pavement on the runway was redone, and special landing lights were installed.
• Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)", another name for LIR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós".