Nonstop flight route between Lukla, Nepal and Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA), Lukla, Nepal and Phu Cat Airport (UIH), Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,720 miles (or 2,768 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 relatively short distance between Tenzing-Hillary Airport and Phu Cat Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUA / VNLK |
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Location: | Lukla, Nepal |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°41'14"N by 86°43'54"E |
Area Served: | Lukla, Nepal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 9383 feet (2,860 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUA |
More Information: | LUA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UIH / VVPC |
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Location: | Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°57'18"N by 109°2'31"E |
Area Served: | Qui Nhơn |
Operator/Owner: | Middle Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UIH |
More Information: | UIH Maps & Info |
Facts about Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA):
- In January 2008 the airport was renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and also to mark their efforts in the construction of this airport.
- Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Tenzing-Hillary Airport's high elevation of 9,383 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,446 miles (18,421 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Tenzing-Hillary Airport", another name for LUA is "तेन्जिङ हिलारी विमानस्थल".
- Lukla flights or flights to Tenzing-Hillary airport start in the early morning to mid day.
- The airport's paved asphalt runway is only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing, short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dornier Do 228, and Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter.
- The closest airport to Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Phaplu Airport (PPL), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of LUA.
Facts about Phu Cat Airport (UIH):
- Because of Phu Cat Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Phu Cat 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 "Phu Cat Airport", another name for UIH is "Sân bay Phù Cát".
- The closest airport to Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Chu Lai Airport (VCL), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) NNW of UIH.
- Phu Cat Airport (UIH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Phu Cat Airport (meaning Phu Cat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.