Nonstop flight route between Lanseria, South Africa and Bharatpur, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lanseria International Airport (HLA), Lanseria, South Africa and Bharatpur Airport (BHR), Bharatpur, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,274 miles (or 8,488 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 Lanseria International Airport and Bharatpur 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 Lanseria International Airport and Bharatpur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lanseria International Airport (HLA):

• The furthest airport from Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Lanseria International Airport (meaning Lanseria International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,002 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of Lanseria International Airport's high elevation of 4,520 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HLA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HLA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Lanseria International Airport", another name for HLA is "Lanseria".
• Various maintenance and avionics companies are situated on the airport including Interjet Maintenance, Exucujet, Lanseria Jet centre and NAC with various other smaller outfits.
• On 11 November 2013 the airport opened its new 45-meter-wide 07/25 Runway and also closing the existing 30-meter-wide 06/24 runway.
• Lanseria International Airport (HLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990 he was flown to Johannesburg landing at Lanseria Airport.
• The closest airport to Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is Grand Central Airport (GCJ), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of HLA.

Facts about Bharatpur Airport (BHR):

• Because of Bharatpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 600 feet, planes can take off or land at Bharatpur 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.
• Bharatpur Airport (BHR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bharatpur Airport is the base of Shivani AirLtd, the first fixed-wing pilot training school in the history of civil aviation in Nepal.
• In addition to being known as "Bharatpur Airport", another name for BHR is "भरतपुर विमानस्थल".
• The airport is located 1 mile southwest of Bharatpur.
• The furthest airport from Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,587 miles (18,647 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Bharatpur Airport (BHR) is Meghauli Airport (MEY), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of BHR.