Nonstop flight route between La Paz, Bolivia and Venice, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Alto International Airport (LPB), La Paz, Bolivia and Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), Venice, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,585 miles (or 10,597 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 Venice Marco Polo 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 Venice Marco Polo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Alto International Airport (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.
• The Bolivian territory is characterized by extremely eventful relief.
• The closest airport to El Alto International Airport (LPB) is Apolo Airport (APB), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) N of LPB.
• In addition to being known as "El Alto International Airport", another name for LPB is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto".
• El Alto International Airport (LPB) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE):

• Because of Venice Marco Polo Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Venice Marco Polo 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 "Venice Marco Polo Airport", other names for VCE include "Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo" and "Aeroporto di Venezia-Tessera".
• Venice Marco Polo Airport handled 8,403,790 passengers last year.
• Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,989 miles (19,294 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) is Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NW of VCE.