Nonstop flight route between Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg and Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Luxembourg Airport (LUX), Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg and Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ), Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,284 miles (or 8,504 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 Luxembourg Airport and Bom Jesus da Lapa 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 Luxembourg Airport and Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUX / ELLX |
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Location: | Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°37'23"N by 6°12'15"E |
Area Served: | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Operator/Owner: | Luxembourg Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1234 feet (376 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUX |
More Information: | LUX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAZ / SBLP |
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Location: | Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°15'41"S by 43°24'26"W |
Area Served: | Bom Jesus da Lapa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1454 feet (443 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAZ |
More Information: | LAZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Luxembourg Airport (LUX):
- United States Army combat engineers arrived at Sandweiler in mid September 1944 and performed some minor reconstruction to prepare the airfield for Ninth Air Force combat aircraft.
- The airport was originally known as "Sandweiler Airport", and was opened in the 1930s as a small grass airfield with a relatively short, 3400' runway.
- Luxembourg Airport (LUX) currently has only 1 runway.
- Sandweiler Airport was used by the Americans for the rest of the war as a transport supply airfield and also to evacuate combat casualties to England.
- Terminal B opened in 2004, the building is unique as it only has gates and no check-in counters or arrivals hall.
- The furthest airport from Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Luxembourg Airport (meaning Luxembourg Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Luxembourg Airport handled 2,197,331 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Bitburg Airport (BBJ), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of LUX.
- Construction of the new Terminal A started in 2005 and it was inaugurated in May 2008.
- In addition to being known as "Luxembourg Airport", other names for LUX include "Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg", "Aéroport de Luxembourg" and "Flughafen Luxemburg".
Facts about Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ):
- The furthest airport from Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is nearly antipodal to Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (meaning Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yap International Airport), and is located 12,158 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport is the airport serving Bom Jesus da Lapa, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ) is Guanambi Airport (GNM), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) SE of LAZ.
- In addition to being known as "Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport", another name for LAZ is "Aeroporto de Bom Jesus da Lapa".
- The airport was inaugurated on June 23, 1955 and it is presently dedicated to general aviation.