Nonstop flight route between Orchid Island, Taitung County, Taiwan and Bermejo, Bolivia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lanyu Airport (KYD), Orchid Island, Taitung County, Taiwan and Bermejo Airport (BJO), Bermejo, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,060 miles (or 19,409 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 Lanyu Airport and Bermejo 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 Lanyu Airport and Bermejo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between KYD and BJO makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Lanyu Airport and Bermejo Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between KYD and BJO are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Orchid Island, Taitung County, Taiwan and Bermejo, Bolivia by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between KYD and BJO!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KYD / RCLY |
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Location: | Orchid Island, Taitung County, Taiwan |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°1'45"N by 121°31'37"E |
Area Served: | Orchid Island |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aeronautics Administration Ministry of National Defense |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 44 feet (13 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KYD |
More Information: | KYD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BJO / SLBJ |
Airport Name: | Bermejo Airport |
Location: | Bermejo, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°46'23"S by 64°18'46"W |
Area Served: | Bermejo, Bolivia |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1250 feet (381 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BJO |
More Information: | BJO Maps & Info |
Facts about Lanyu Airport (KYD):
- Because of Lanyu Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Lanyu 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.
- In addition to being known as "Lanyu Airport", other names for KYD include "蘭嶼航空站蘭嶼機場" and "Lányǔ HángkōngzhànLányǔ Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Lanyu Airport (KYD) is Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of KYD.
- Lanyu Airport (KYD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Lanyu Airport (KYD) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Lanyu Airport (meaning Lanyu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,299 miles (19,794 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
Facts about Bermejo Airport (BJO):
- The furthest airport from Bermejo Airport (BJO) is Huizhou Airport (HUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Bermejo Airport (meaning Bermejo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Huizhou Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Huizhou, Guangdong, China.
- Bermejo Airport (BJO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bermejo Airport (BJO) is Orán Airport (ORA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) S of BJO.