Nonstop flight route between Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Luena Airport (LUO), Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Ust-Kut Airport (UKX), Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,742 miles (or 10,850 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 Luena Airport and Ust-Kut 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 Luena Airport and Ust-Kut Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUO / FNUE | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°46'5"S by 19°53'50"E | 
| Area Served: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4360 feet (1,329 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LUO | 
| More Information: | LUO Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UKX / UITT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 56°51'24"N by 105°43'48"E | 
| Area Served: | Ust-Kut | 
| Operator/Owner: | JSC «Aeroport Ust-Kut» | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2188 feet (667 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from UKX | 
| More Information: | UKX Maps & Info | 
Facts about Luena Airport (LUO):
- In addition to being known as "Luena Airport", other names for LUO include "Aeroporto de Luena/Luso (Luena)" and "Aeroporto de Luena".
- The closest airport to Luena Airport (LUO) is Cangamba Airport (CNZ), which is located 134 miles (216 kilometers) S of LUO.
- The furthest airport from Luena Airport (LUO) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is located 11,824 miles (19,028 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- Because of Luena Airport's high elevation of 4,360 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Luena Airport (LUO) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Ust-Kut Airport (UKX):
- Ust-Kut Airport handled 24,291 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) is Ushuaia International Airport (USH), which is nearly antipodal to Ust-Kut Airport (meaning Ust-Kut Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ushuaia International Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,580 kilometers) away in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) is Kirensk Airport (KCK), which is located 108 miles (173 kilometers) NE of UKX.
- Reconstruction plan for the airport is included in the federal program of revival of significant airports, but in 2009 the airport "Ust-Kut" is "not necessarily important for the partners." Despite this, according to the General Director of JSC "Ust-Kut Airport" by Yuri Samorokov, it is expected that full-scale reconstruction would still be carried out in 2015.
- Ust-Kut Airport (UKX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Ust-Kut Airport", another name for UKX is "Аэропорт Усть-Кут".
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