Nonstop flight route between Kathmandu, Nepal and Jefferson City, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal and Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF), Jefferson City, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,854 miles (or 12,640 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 Tribhuvan International Airport and Jefferson City Memorial 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 Tribhuvan International Airport and Jefferson City Memorial Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM):

• Tribhuvan International Airport handled 3,405,015 passengers last year.
• Because of Tribhuvan International Airport's high elevation of 4,390 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Ramechhap Airport (RHP), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ESE of KTM.
• In addition to being known as "Tribhuvan International Airport", another name for KTM is "त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल".
• The airport is now again connected to Europe with service by Turkish Airlines to Istanbul, after a long gap without service to Europe when Royal Nepal ended their flights to Frankfurt and London in 2001.
• Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1955 the airport was inaugurated by King Mahendra and renamed Tribhuvan Airport in memory of the king's father.
• The furthest airport from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF):

• Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,891 miles (17,527 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF) is Columbia Regional Airport (COU), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNW of JEF.
• Because of Jefferson City Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 549 feet, planes can take off or land at Jefferson City Memorial 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.