Nonstop flight route between Gyumri, Armenia and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shirak International Airport (LWN), Gyumri, Armenia and Guaraní International Airport (AGT), Ciudad del Este, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,779 miles (or 12,519 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 Shirak International Airport and Guaraní 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 Shirak International Airport and Guaraní 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 Shirak International Airport (LWN):

• Shirak International Airport (LWN) currently has only 1 runway.
• On August 3, 2007, the government of Armenia announced that it had agreed to include the management of operations at Armenia's second largest airport in the 30-year concession agreement that it signed with Armenia International Airports CJSC in December 2001 to take over operations at Zvartnots International Airport.
• Because of Shirak International Airport's high elevation of 5,000 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LWN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LWN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Shirak International Airport (LWN) is Kars Airport (KSY), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) WSW of LWN.
• The furthest airport from Shirak International Airport (LWN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,214 miles (18,047 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Shirak International Airport", another name for LWN is "Շիրակ Օդանավակայան".
• At the start of 2006, Armenia felt the importance of having a second international airport, when adverse weather conditions meant that many flights had to be diverted from Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport into Gyumri’s Shirak Airport.

Facts about Guaraní International Airport (AGT):

• Guaraní International Airport (AGT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Guaraní International Airport handled 45,566 passengers last year.
• Because of Guaraní International Airport's relatively low elevation of 846 feet, planes can take off or land at Guaraní 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.
• The furthest airport from Guaraní International Airport (AGT) is Shimojishima Airport (SHI), which is nearly antipodal to Guaraní International Airport (meaning Guaraní International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shimojishima Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Shimojishima, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Guaraní International Airport", another name for AGT is "Aeropuerto Internacional Guaraní".
• The closest airport to Guaraní International Airport (AGT) is Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ESE of AGT.