Nonstop flight route between Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and Maracay, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and El Libertador (MYC), Maracay, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,157 miles (or 19,565 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 El Libertador, 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 El Libertador. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between LOP and MYC makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Lombok International Airport and El Libertador 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 LOP and MYC are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia and Maracay, Venezuela 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 LOP and MYC!

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Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):

• The airport is served by road links to the city of Mataram which is approximately 40 km to the northwest of the airport.
• 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 project worth Rp.945.8 billion is mainly funded by PT Angkasa Pura I.
• The IATA code LOP only came into formal use in late November 2011.
• The secretary of commission III NTB Council, Suharto reported in 2010 that the delays to completion of the Lombok International Airport were due to a lack of funding to the order of Rp 76 Billion.
• The Indonesian government is actively promoting both Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa as Indonesia's number two tourism destination after Bali.
• In addition to being known as "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
• The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
• 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.
• Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.
• Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about El Libertador (MYC):

• In addition to being known as "El Libertador", another name for MYC is "Base Aérea Libertador".
• El Libertador (MYC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from El Libertador (MYC) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to El Libertador (meaning El Libertador is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,280 miles (19,763 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to El Libertador (MYC) is Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) W of MYC.