Nonstop flight route between Lucknow, India and Ponce, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO), Lucknow, India and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,651 miles (or 13,922 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 Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport and Mercedita 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 Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport and Mercedita Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO):

• The closest airport to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO) is Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) SW of LKO.
• The furthest airport from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,802 miles (18,993 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport's relatively low elevation of 404 feet, planes can take off or land at Chaudhary Charan Singh International 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.
• On 17 July 2008, Government of India officially renamed the airport Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport.
• The airport is connected to Lucknow and Kanpur by roads.

Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):

• The airport has been enlarged on various occasions.
• The first scheduled commercial flights at Mercedita occurred in 1965 when domestic flights started.
• Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Puerto Rico Ports Authority recently announced an investment of 7 million dollars to extend Mercedita's runway to 8,000 feet.
• The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
• In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
• The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita 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.