Nonstop flight route between Huesca, Spain and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK), Huesca, Spain and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,954 miles (or 7,973 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 Huesca–Pirineos Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Huesca–Pirineos Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK):

• The closest airport to Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) SW of HSK.
• Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Huesca–Pirineos Airport (meaning Huesca–Pirineos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,214 miles (19,657 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
• In 2013, 279 passengers passed through the airport, a decrease of 79.2% from 2012.
• In addition to being known as "Huesca–Pirineos Airport", other names for HSK include "Aeropuerto de Huesca-Pirineos" and "HSK[1]".

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• The main airlines flying to and from Lhasa Gonggar Airport are the following.
• A night landing facility was created by fixing navigational lighting facilities on the runway at a cost of 99 million yuan only in 2007.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a "hump" in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.