Nonstop flight route between Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Winslow, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW), Winslow, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,775 miles (or 12,512 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal 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):

• A night landing facility was created by fixing navigational lighting facilities on the runway at a cost of 99 million yuan only in 2007.
• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• The airport is connected to the rest of China, which includes cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Xian, Xining, Kunming, Diqing and Chamdo Region.
• 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.
• At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
• Pilots landing at Lhasa Gonggar Airport must be specially trained in handling manoeuvres at landing at the high altitude of 3,700 metres.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• 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".
• 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.

Facts about Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW):

• The closest airport to Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of INW.
• Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) has 2 runways.
• The airport was founded in 1929 by Transcontinental Air Transport as a transcontinental air route.
• Because of Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,941 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at INW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make INW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.