Nonstop flight route between Kankan, Guinea and La Paz, Bolivia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kankan Airport (KNN), Kankan, Guinea and El Alto International Airport (LPB), La Paz, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,439 miles (or 7,143 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 Kankan Airport and El Alto 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 Kankan Airport and El Alto 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: | KNN / GUXN |
Airport Name: | Kankan Airport |
Location: | Kankan, Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°26'54"N by 9°13'38"W |
Area Served: | Kankan |
View all routes: | Routes from KNN |
More Information: | KNN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPB / SLLP |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | La Paz, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°30'47"S by 68°11'31"W |
Area Served: | La Paz, Bolivia |
Operator/Owner: | Abertis Airports |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 13325 feet (4,061 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPB |
More Information: | LPB Maps & Info |
Facts about Kankan Airport (KNN):
- The closest airport to Kankan Airport (KNN) is Siguiri Airport (GII), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) N of KNN.
- The furthest airport from Kankan Airport (KNN) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kankan Airport (meaning Kankan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
Facts about El Alto International Airport (LPB):
- On 1 March 1997, the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport in Cochabamba and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz.
- El Alto International Airport (LPB) has 2 runways.
- Because of El Alto International Airport's high elevation of 13,325 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LPB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LPB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- El Alto International Airport handled 833,212 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX), which is nearly antipodal to El Alto International Airport (meaning El Alto International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sanya Phoenix International Airport), and is located 12,236 miles (19,692 kilometers) away in Sanya, Hainan, China.
- The closest airport to El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Apolo Airport (APB), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) N of LPB.
- The Bolivian territory is characterized by extremely eventful relief.
- In addition to being known as "El Alto International Airport", another name for LPB is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto".