Nonstop flight route between Murmansk, Russia and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:
Departure Airport:
(68°47'1"N by 32°45'21"E)
Arrival Airport:
(29°17'52"N by 90°54'42"E)
Distance from MMK to LXA:
3,557.40 miles (5,725.07 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Murmansk Airport (MMK), Murmansk, Russia and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,557 miles (or 5,725 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 Murmansk Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Murmansk Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MMK / ULMM |
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| Location: | Murmansk, Russia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 68°47'1"N by 32°45'21"E |
| Area Served: | Murmansk |
| Operator/Owner: | JSC "Airport Murmansk" |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MMK |
| More Information: | MMK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LXA / ZULS |
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| 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 |
Facts about Murmansk Airport (MMK):
- Murmansk Airport (MMK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Murmansk Airport (MMK) is Kirovsk-Apatity Airport Аэропорт Кировск/Апатиты (KVK), which is located 94 miles (151 kilometers) SSE of MMK.
- In addition to being known as "Murmansk Airport", another name for MMK is "Аэропорт Мурманск".
- The furthest airport from Murmansk Airport (MMK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,422 miles (16,773 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):
- Lhasa Gonggar Airport is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- 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 main airlines flying to and from Lhasa Gonggar Airport are the following.
- 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.
- Gonggar Airport is in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County.
- The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
- 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.
- 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".
- Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 93.73 miles (150.85 km) SSE | Kirovsk-Apatity Airport Аэропорт Кировск/Апатиты (KVK) | Kirovsk / Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |     |
| 2 | 95.67 miles (153.97 km) NW | Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN) | Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway | |
| 3 | 113.28 miles (182.30 km) NW | Vadsø Airport (VDS) | Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway | |
| 4 | 116.14 miles (186.92 km) NNW | Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW) | Vardø, Norway | |
| 5 | 134.58 miles (216.59 km) W | Ivalo Airport (IVL) | Ivalo, Finland | |
| 6 | 145.38 miles (233.97 km) NNW | Båtsfjord Airport (BJF) | Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway | |
| 7 | 169.25 miles (272.38 km) NNW | Berlevåg Airport (BVG) | Berlevåg, Norway | |
| 8 | 194.18 miles (312.50 km) NW | Mehamn Airport (MEH) | Mehamn, Norway | |
| 9 | 208.52 miles (335.58 km) WNW | Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL) | Lakselv, Norway | |
| 10 | 214.44 miles (345.11 km) SSW | Kuusamo Airport (KAO) | Kuusamo, Finland | |
| 11 | 215.79 miles (347.28 km) WSW | Kittilä Airport (KTT) | Kittilä, Finland | |
| 12 | 222.30 miles (357.76 km) NW | Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG) | Nordkapp, Finnmark, Norway | |
| 13 | 236.99 miles (381.39 km) W | Enontekiö Airport (ENF) | Enontekiö, Finland | |
| 14 | 237.70 miles (382.54 km) SW | Rovaniemi Airport (RVN) | Rovaniemi, Finland | |
| 15 | 242.45 miles (390.19 km) WNW | Alta Airport (ALF) | Alta, Norway | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,422.22 miles (16,772.89 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 10,290.30 miles (16,560.60 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 10,279.70 miles (16,543.54 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 10,265.83 miles (16,521.21 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 10,240.97 miles (16,481.21 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 10,217.26 miles (16,443.05 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 10,203.06 miles (16,420.20 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 10,191.16 miles (16,401.05 km) ESE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 10,190.97 miles (16,400.73 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 10,184.44 miles (16,390.23 km) ESE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 10,181.32 miles (16,385.21 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 10,154.17 miles (16,341.51 km) ESE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 10,151.23 miles (16,336.78 km) ESE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 10,145.70 miles (16,327.88 km) ESE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 10,137.73 miles (16,315.05 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 96.76 miles (155.71 km) W | Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ) | Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China | |
| 2 | 120.30 miles (193.60 km) S | Bathpalathang Airport (BUT) | Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan | |
| 3 | 158.92 miles (255.75 km) SW | Paro International Airport (PBH) | Paro, Bhutan | |
| 4 | 206.26 miles (331.95 km) E | Nyingchi Mainling Airport (LZY) | Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China | |
| 5 | 207.72 miles (334.29 km) SSW | Cooch Behar Airport (COH) | Cooch Behar, India | |
| 6 | 212.12 miles (341.38 km) SSE | Tezpur Airport (TEZ) | Tezpur, Assam, India | |
| 7 | 212.91 miles (342.65 km) ESE | Ziro Airport (ZER) | Ziro, India | |
| 8 | 220.00 miles (354.06 km) ESE | Daporijo Airport (DEP) | Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| 9 | 224.34 miles (361.04 km) S | Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) | Guwahati, India | |
| 10 | 226.60 miles (364.68 km) SSW | Rupsi Airport (RUP) | Rupsi, Meghalaya, India | |
| 11 | 238.10 miles (383.19 km) SE | Lilabari Airport (IXI) | Assam, India | |
| 12 | 239.83 miles (385.97 km) SW | Bagdogra AirportCivil Aerodrome Bagdogra (IXB) | Bagdogra, India | |
| 13 | 248.09 miles (399.26 km) ESE | Along Airport (IXV) | Along, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| 14 | 252.42 miles (406.23 km) SSW | Lalmonirhat Airport (LLJ) | Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh | |
| 15 | 255.72 miles (411.54 km) SW | Bhadrapur Airport (BDP) | Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,376.67 miles (18,308.93 km) WSW | Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP) | Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile | |
| 2 | 11,366.55 miles (18,292.64 km) WSW | Viña del Mar Airport (KNA) | Viña del Mar, Chile | |
| 3 | 11,362.42 miles (18,286.00 km) W | La Florida Airport (LSC) | La Serena, Chile | |
| 4 | 11,357.64 miles (18,278.31 km) WSW | La Unión Airport (LUI) | La Unión, Honduras[disambiguation needed] | |
| 5 | 11,329.36 miles (18,232.80 km) WSW | General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport (YAI) | Chillán, Ñuble, Chile | |
| 6 | 11,322.02 miles (18,220.98 km) WSW | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) | Santiago, Chile | |
| 7 | 11,296.58 miles (18,180.04 km) SW | Victoria Airport (ZIC) | Victoria, Araucanía, Chile | |
| 8 | 11,293.59 miles (18,175.22 km) W | Chamonate Airfield (CPO) | Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 9 | 11,292.85 miles (18,174.03 km) SW | Maquehue Airport (ZCO) | Temuco, Araucanía, Chile | |
| 10 | 11,290.29 miles (18,169.92 km) W | Chañaral Airport (CNR) | Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 11 | 11,281.32 miles (18,155.47 km) SW | Pichoy Airport (ZAL) | Valdivia, Chile | |
| 12 | 11,243.10 miles (18,093.97 km) SW | Caviahue Airport (CVH) | Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina | |
| 13 | 11,242.46 miles (18,092.94 km) SW | Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) | Osorno, Chile | |
| 14 | 11,241.43 miles (18,091.28 km) SW | Pucón Airport (ZPC) | Pucón, Chile | |
| 15 | 11,239.42 miles (18,088.05 km) W | Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) | El Salvador, Chile | |