Nonstop flight route between Lavan Island, Iran and Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lavan Airport (LVP), Lavan Island, Iran and Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,875 miles (or 7,845 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 Lavan Airport and Lombok International 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 Lavan Airport and Lombok International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lavan Airport (LVP):

• The furthest airport from Lavan Airport (LVP) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,860 miles (19,087 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Lavan Airport (LVP) is Kish International Airport (KIH), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) ESE of LVP.
• Because of Lavan Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Lavan 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.
• Lavan Airport (LVP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):

• Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.
• The airport is provided with a single terminal building with separate sections for the handling of international arrival and departures.
• Because of Lombok International Airport's relatively low elevation of 319 feet, planes can take off or land at Lombok International 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 "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
• The Indonesian government is actively promoting both Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa as Indonesia's number two tourism destination after Bali.
• The secretary of commission III NTB Council, Suharto reported in 2010 that the delays to completion of the Lombok International Airport were due to a lack of funding to the order of Rp 76 Billion.
• The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
• Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.
• DAMRI provide a public airport shuttle service to Terminal Mandalika on the eastern outskirts of Mataram and on to the west coast at Senggigi.
• The new airport replaced Selaparang Airport, the islands previous sole operational airport situated at Ampenan on the West coast of Lombok near the capital of Mataram.
• The furthest airport from Lombok International Airport (LOP) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is nearly antipodal to Lombok International Airport (meaning Lombok International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Tomé Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in San Tomé, Venezuela.