Nonstop flight route between Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Gallup, New Mexico, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from LXA to GUP:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LXA Airport Information
- GUP Airport Information
- Facts about LXA
- Facts about GUP
- Map of Nearest Airports to LXA
- List of Nearest Airports to LXA
- Map of Furthest Airports from LXA
- List of Furthest Airports from LXA
- Map of Nearest Airports to GUP
- List of Nearest Airports to GUP
- Map of Furthest Airports from GUP
- List of Furthest Airports from GUP
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP), Gallup, New Mexico, United States 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 Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Gallup Municipal 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 Gallup Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LXA / ZULS |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°17'52"N by 90°54'42"E |
Area Served: | Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11713 feet (3,570 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LXA |
More Information: | LXA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUP / KGUP |
Airport Name: | Gallup Municipal Airport |
Location: | Gallup, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°30'39"N by 108°47'21"W |
Area Served: | Gallup, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of Gallup |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6472 feet (1,973 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUP |
More Information: | GUP Maps & Info |
Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):
- At an elevation of 3,570 metres, Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world.
- 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".
- At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
- In 1965 the Gonggar Airport was constructed.
- Gonggar Airport is in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County.
- 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.
- Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
- A new highway between Lhasa and the Gonggar Airport has been built by the Transportation Department of Tibet at a cost of RMB 1.5 billion yuan.
Facts about Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP):
- The closest airport to Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP) is St. Johns Industrial Air Park (SJN), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) SSW of GUP.
- Because of Gallup Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GUP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GUP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,248 miles (18,102 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Gallup Municipal Airport (GUP) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2007 and early 2008 the airport had Great Lakes Airlines non-stop flights to Phoenix, and to Denver via Farmington.