Nonstop flight route between Nuquí, Colombia and Kathmandu, Nepal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Reyes Murillo Airport (NQU), Nuquí, Colombia and Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,855 miles (or 15,860 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 Reyes Murillo Airport and Tribhuvan 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 Reyes Murillo Airport and Tribhuvan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NQU / SKNQ |
Airport Name: | Reyes Murillo Airport |
Location: | Nuquí, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°42'0"N by 77°16'59"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from NQU |
More Information: | NQU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KTM / VNKT |
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Location: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°41'47"N by 85°21'32"E |
Area Served: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4390 feet (1,338 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KTM |
More Information: | KTM Maps & Info |
Facts about Reyes Murillo Airport (NQU):
- The closest airport to Reyes Murillo Airport (NQU) is José Celestino Mutis Airport (BSC), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of NQU.
- The furthest airport from Reyes Murillo Airport (NQU) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Reyes Murillo Airport (meaning Reyes Murillo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,307 miles (19,806 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
Facts about Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM):
- Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Tribhuvan International Airport's high elevation of 4,390 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The first jet aircraft to land at Tribhuvan was a Air india Boeing 707, which touched down on the 6,600 feet runway in 1967.
- In addition to being known as "Tribhuvan International Airport", another name for KTM is "त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल".
- Tribhuvan International Airport handled 3,405,015 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is Ramechhap Airport (RHP), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ESE of KTM.
- In 1955 the airport was inaugurated by King Mahendra and renamed Tribhuvan Airport in memory of the king's father.
- The Airport has two Public Terminals.