Nonstop flight route between La Unión, Honduras[disambiguation needed] and San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Unión Airport (LUI), La Unión, Honduras[disambiguation needed] and Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,931 miles (or 4,717 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 La Unión Airport and Las Flecheras 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 La Unión Airport and Las Flecheras Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about La Unión Airport (LUI):

• In addition to being known as "La Unión Airport", other names for LUI include "La Unión Airport (Marchigüe)", "Aeropuerto La Unión" and "SCLU".
• La Unión Airport (LUI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from La Unión Airport (LUI) is Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY), which is nearly antipodal to La Unión Airport (meaning La Unión Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
• Because of La Unión Airport's relatively low elevation of 528 feet, planes can take off or land at La Unión 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 closest airport to La Unión Airport (LUI) is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) NE of LUI.

Facts about Las Flecheras Airport (SFD):

• The furthest airport from Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to Las Flecheras Airport (meaning Las Flecheras Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Calabozo Airport (CLZ), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) N of SFD.
• Because of Las Flecheras Airport's relatively low elevation of 154 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Flecheras 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 "Las Flecheras Airport", another name for SFD is "Aeropuerto Las Flecheras".
• Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) currently has only 1 runway.