Nonstop flight route between La Isabela, Dominican Republic and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Isabela International Airport (JBQ), La Isabela, Dominican Republic and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,892 miles (or 14,311 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 La Isabela International 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 La Isabela International Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about La Isabela International Airport (JBQ):

• The furthest airport from La Isabela International Airport (JBQ) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to La Isabela International Airport (meaning La Isabela International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,072 miles (19,427 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of La Isabela International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at La Isabela 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.
• La Isabela International Airport (JBQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport has the corporate headquarters of Servicios Aéreos Profesionales and Air Century.
• La Isabela Airport is the major hub for Dominican airlines that operate small airplanes for example Air Century.
• The closest airport to La Isabela International Airport (JBQ) is Herrera International Airport (HEX), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of JBQ.
• La Isabela International Airport handled 48,732 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "La Isabela International Airport", another name for JBQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Dr. Joaquin Balaguer[1]".

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• 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.
• At an elevation of 3,570 metres, Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world.
• 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".
• The airport is connected to the rest of China, which includes cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Xian, Xining, Kunming, Diqing and Chamdo Region.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• The main airlines flying to and from Lhasa Gonggar Airport are the following.
• 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.