Nonstop flight route between Lewoleba, Indonesia and Zürich, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wonopito Airport (LWE), Lewoleba, Indonesia and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,758 miles (or 12,486 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 Wonopito Airport and Zurich 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 Wonopito Airport and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWE / WATW |
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| Location: | Lewoleba, Indonesia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°38'26"S by 122°14'12"E |
| Area Served: | Lewoleba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LWE |
| More Information: | LWE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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| Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
| Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
| More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Facts about Wonopito Airport (LWE):
- The closest airport to Wonopito Airport (LWE) is Frans Seda Airport (MOF), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) SSE of LWE.
- The furthest airport from Wonopito Airport (LWE) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to Wonopito Airport (meaning Wonopito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,308 miles (19,808 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.
- In addition to being known as "Wonopito Airport", another name for LWE is "Bandar Udara Wai Oti".
- Because of Wonopito Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Wonopito 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.
- Wonopito Airport (LWE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- Rega, the air rescue service, has its head office in the Rega Centre, a hangar located in the northeast section of Zurich Airport.
- The first flight abroad from Switzerland was on July 21, 1921, but the search for a location for a major airport wasn’t started until 1943 inside the Canton of Zürich.
- Swiss International Air Lines has an office on the property of Zurich Airport and in Kloten, consisting of the Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie buildings.Swiss World Cargo has its head office in the Alpha and Bravo buildings.Swiss Private Aviation has its head office in the Swiss complex.Swiss European Air Lines and Swiss AviationTraining, subsidiaries of Swiss, are also headquartered on the airport property.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
