Nonstop flight route between Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Kunming, Yunnan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG), Kunming, Yunnan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,772 miles (or 17,337 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 Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport and Kunming Changshui 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 Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport and Kunming Changshui 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: | LAJ / SBLJ |
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Location: | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°46'55"S by 50°16'54"W |
Area Served: | Lages |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3065 feet (934 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAJ |
More Information: | LAJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KMG / ZPPP |
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Location: | Kunming, Yunnan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°6'6"N by 102°55'45"E |
Area Served: | Kunming, Yunnan, China |
Operator/Owner: | Yunnan Airport Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6900 feet (2,103 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KMG |
More Information: | KMG Maps & Info |
Facts about Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ):
- The furthest airport from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is nearly antipodal to Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (meaning Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kikai Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport", another name for LAJ is "Aeroporto Antônio Correia Pinto".
- Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) NW of LAJ.
Facts about Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG):
- In addition to being known as "Kunming Changshui International Airport", other names for KMG include "昆明长水国际机场" and "Kūnmíng Chángshuǐ Guójì Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) is Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (WNH), which is located 138 miles (222 kilometers) SE of KMG.
- Because of Kunming Changshui International Airport's high elevation of 6,900 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KMG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KMG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) has 2 runways.
- The main terminal was designed by architectural firm SOM with engineering firm Arup.
- Construction began in 2009 and at the time was reported to be named the Zheng He International Airport.
- The furthest airport from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Kunming Changshui International Airport (meaning Kunming Changshui International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,026 miles (19,353 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- The new airport has two runways, and is expected to handle 38 million passengers per year by 2020.