Nonstop flight route between Le Puy-en-Velay / Loudes, Haute-Loire, France and Sumbawanga, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Le Puy - Loudes Airport (LPY), Le Puy-en-Velay / Loudes, Haute-Loire, France and Sumbawanga Airport (SUT), Sumbawanga, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,052 miles (or 6,520 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 Le Puy - Loudes Airport and Sumbawanga 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 Le Puy - Loudes Airport and Sumbawanga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPY / LFHP |
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Location: | Le Puy-en-Velay / Loudes, Haute-Loire, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°4'46"N by 3°45'47"E |
Area Served: | Le Puy-en-Velay, France |
Operator/Owner: | Association de l'aérodrome départemental Le Puy en Velay |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2731 feet (832 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPY |
More Information: | LPY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SUT / HTSU |
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Location: | Sumbawanga, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°56'56"S by 31°36'37"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5920 feet (1,804 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SUT |
More Information: | SUT Maps & Info |
Facts about Le Puy - Loudes Airport (LPY):
- Le Puy - Loudes Airport (LPY) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Le Puy - Loudes Airport", another name for LPY is "Aéroport de Le Puy-en-Velay - Loudes".
- The closest airport to Le Puy - Loudes Airport (LPY) is Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport (EBU), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NE of LPY.
- The furthest airport from Le Puy - Loudes Airport (LPY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Le Puy - Loudes Airport (meaning Le Puy - Loudes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,348 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Sumbawanga Airport (SUT):
- Because of Sumbawanga Airport's high elevation of 5,920 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SUT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SUT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Sumbawanga Airport handled 806 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,695 miles (18,822 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- In addition to being known as "Sumbawanga Airport", another name for SUT is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Sumbawanga (Swahili)".
- The closest airport to Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SSW of SUT.