Nonstop flight route between La Paz, Bolivia and Bukoba, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between El Alto International Airport (LPB), La Paz, Bolivia and Bukoba Airport (BKZ), Bukoba, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,855 miles (or 11,032 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 El Alto International Airport and Bukoba 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 El Alto International Airport and Bukoba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPB / SLLP | 
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| Location: | La Paz, Bolivia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 16°30'47"S by 68°11'31"W | 
| Area Served: | La Paz, Bolivia | 
| Operator/Owner: | Abertis Airports | 
| Airport Type: | Public / Military | 
| Elevation: | 13325 feet (4,061 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LPB | 
| More Information: | LPB Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKZ / HTBU | 
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| Location: | Bukoba, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°19'55"S by 31°49'15"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 3766 feet (1,148 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BKZ | 
| More Information: | BKZ Maps & Info | 
Facts about El Alto International Airport (LPB):
- In addition to being known as "El Alto International Airport", another name for LPB is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto".
 - In 2006, SABSA invested nearly 2.3 million dollars in the reconstruciton of the main terminal.
 - On 1 March 1997, the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport in Cochabamba and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz.
 - The closest airport to El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Apolo Airport (APB), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) N of LPB.
 - The furthest airport from El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX), which is nearly antipodal to El Alto International Airport (meaning El Alto International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sanya Phoenix International Airport), and is located 12,236 miles (19,692 kilometers) away in Sanya, Hainan, China.
 - El Alto International Airport handled 833,212 passengers last year.
 - Because of El Alto International Airport's high elevation of 13,325 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LPB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LPB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - El Alto International Airport (LPB) has 2 runways.
 - The Bolivian territory is characterized by extremely eventful relief.
 
Facts about Bukoba Airport (BKZ):
- Bukoba Airport handled 22,599 passengers last year.
 - The furthest airport from Bukoba Airport (BKZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,802 miles (18,993 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
 - The closest airport to Bukoba Airport (BKZ) is Mbarara Airport (MBQ), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) WNW of BKZ.
 - Bukoba Airport (BKZ) currently has only 1 runway.
 - In addition to being known as "Bukoba Airport", another name for BKZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Bukoba (Swahili)".
 
