Nonstop flight route between Kathmandu, Nepal and Kirensk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal and Kirensk Airport (KCK), Kirensk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,351 miles (or 3,784 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 relatively short distance between Tribhuvan International Airport and Kirensk Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KTM / VNKT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kathmandu, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°41'47"N by 85°21'32"E | 
| Area Served: | Kathmandu, Nepal | 
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4390 feet (1,338 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KTM | 
| More Information: | KTM Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCK / UIKK | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kirensk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 57°46'22"N by 108°3'38"E | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 840 feet (256 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KCK | 
| More Information: | KCK Maps & Info | 
Facts about Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM):
- Tribhuvan International Airport handled 3,405,015 passengers last year.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Tribhuvan International Airport", another name for KTM is "त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल".
- The closest airport to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Ramechhap Airport (RHP), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ESE of KTM.
- 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.
- Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- The airport began as Gauchaur Airport, named after the area of Kathmandu where it was situated.
- Tribhuvan International Airport is an international airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Facts about Kirensk Airport (KCK):
- Because of Kirensk Airport's relatively low elevation of 840 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirensk 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.
- Kirensk Airport (KCK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kirensk Airport (KCK) is Ust-Kut Airport (UKX), which is located 108 miles (173 kilometers) SW of KCK.
- The furthest airport from Kirensk Airport (KCK) is Ushuaia International Airport (USH), which is nearly antipodal to Kirensk Airport (meaning Kirensk Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ushuaia International Airport), and is located 12,191 miles (19,619 kilometers) away in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
- In addition to being known as "Kirensk Airport", another name for KCK is "Аэропорт Киренск".




