Nonstop flight route between Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,764 miles (or 18,933 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 Lombok International Airport and Diego Jiménez Torres 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 Lombok International Airport and Diego Jiménez Torres Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):

• The construction of this airport was delayed and the opening date re-scheduled several times.
• The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
• Because of Lombok International Airport's relatively low elevation of 319 feet, planes can take off or land at Lombok 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.
• The first aircraft landing was a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800NG marking the commencement of operations on Saturday, 1 October 2011.
• The project worth Rp.945.8 billion is mainly funded by PT Angkasa Pura I.
• Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bandara Internasional Lombok had several operational names proposed.
• In addition to being known as "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
• The furthest airport from Lombok International Airport (LOP) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is nearly antipodal to Lombok International Airport (meaning Lombok International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Tomé Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in San Tomé, Venezuela.
• When the airport services were moved across from the previous facilities at Selaparang the Airport Taksi Koperasi moved operations to BIL.
• As Selaparang Airport never accommodated wide bodied aircraft it is expected that further international and domestic services will soon supplement the existing routes providing higher passenger loads and freight volumes to those of the existing airport at Ampenan.
• Lombok International Airport is a new airport on the island of Lombok in Indonesia.
• When the Lombok International Airport became operational all the existing flight schedules at Lombok's Selaparang Airport were moved across to the new airport.
• The IATA code LOP only came into formal use in late November 2011.
• Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.

Facts about Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ):

• Airport operations were shut down in November 2008 and transferred to the newly opened José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba.
• The furthest airport from Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (meaning Diego Jiménez Torres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,247 miles (19,709 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Humacao Airport (HUC), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of FAJ.
• Because of Diego Jiménez Torres Airport's relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Diego Jiménez Torres 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 "Diego Jiménez Torres Airport", other names for FAJ include "Fajardo Airport" and "X95".