Nonstop flight route between Lanseria, South Africa and Budapest, Hungary:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lanseria International Airport (HLA), Lanseria, South Africa and Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD), Budapest, Hungary would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,099 miles (or 8,205 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 Budapest Ferenc Liszt 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 Lanseria International Airport and Budapest Ferenc Liszt 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: | HLA / FALA |
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Location: | Lanseria, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°56'18"S by 27°55'33"E |
Area Served: | Johannesburg |
Operator/Owner: | Consortium |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 4520 feet (1,378 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HLA |
More Information: | HLA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BUD / LHBP |
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Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°26'21"N by 19°15'42"E |
Area Served: | Budapest, Hungary |
Operator/Owner: | Budapest Airport Zrt. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 495 feet (151 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BUD |
More Information: | BUD Maps & Info |
Facts about Lanseria International Airport (HLA):
- Lanseria Airport started out as a grass strip airfield in 1972, the brainchild of two Pretoria pilots – Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher.
- The closest airport to Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is Grand Central Airport (GCJ), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of HLA.
- Various maintenance and avionics companies are situated on the airport including Interjet Maintenance, Exucujet, Lanseria Jet centre and NAC with various other smaller outfits.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Lanseria International Airport", another name for HLA is "Lanseria".
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD):
- Between its opening and 1960, the number of landings at the Airport increased from 4,786 to 17,133, with passenger traffic increasing from 49,955 to 359,338 by 1960.
- Because of Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport's relatively low elevation of 495 feet, planes can take off or land at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International 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.
- The furthest airport from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,639 miles (18,730 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport handled 8,520,880 passengers last year.
- In 1974, passenger traffic reached one million.
- In addition to being known as "Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport", another name for BUD is "Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér".
- Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) is Sliač Airport (SLD), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) N of BUD.
- Sky Court, the new expansion project including shops, restaurants and lounges, also connecting Terminals 2A and 2B was opened on 27 March 2011.
- Originally called Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, on 25 March 2011 it was officially renamed Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, in honour of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt The change caused some controversy because the Committee of Geographical Names, which is the sole competent body in naming geographical objects, suggested another version – Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér, Budapest–Ferihegy – in order to keep the historical name.
- One and half years later, in June 2007, there was a change in the management when the new owner of BAA decided to dispose of its shares and sell them to the German company HOCHTIEF AirPort and three financial partners.
- In 1947 it was decided that the airport would be reconstructed for civil aviation.