Nonstop flight route between Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Debrecen International Airport (DEB), Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,822 miles (or 6,151 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 Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Debrecen 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 Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Debrecen 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 Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a "hump" in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".

Facts about Debrecen International Airport (DEB):

• Because of Debrecen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Debrecen 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 Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In May 1991, Soviet troops vacated the airport and handed in over to the Hungarian State.
• The closest airport to Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Oradea Airport (OMR), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of DEB.
• Debrecen International Airport (DEB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Debrecen International Airport", another name for DEB is "Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér".
• The airport is located on the outskirts of the city, and the train station can be reached within 40 minutes.
• From Mainroad 47 the airport road is accessible that is leading directly into the airport.