Nonstop flight route between Phaplu, Nepal and A Coruña, Spain:
Departure Airport:
(27°31'5"N by 86°35'3"E)
Arrival Airport:
(43°18'6"N by 8°22'37"W)
Distance from PPL to LCG:
5,172.82 miles (8,324.83 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Phaplu Airport (PPL), Phaplu, Nepal and A Coruña Airport (LCG), A Coruña, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,173 miles (or 8,325 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 Phaplu Airport and A Coruña 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 Phaplu Airport and A Coruña Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PPL / VNPL |
| Airport Name: | Phaplu Airport |
| Location: | Phaplu, Nepal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°31'5"N by 86°35'3"E |
| Area Served: | Phaplu, Nepal |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 7918 feet (2,413 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from PPL |
| More Information: | PPL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LCG / LECO |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | A Coruña, Spain |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°18'6"N by 8°22'37"W |
| Area Served: | A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
| Operator/Owner: | Aena |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 328 feet (100 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LCG |
| More Information: | LCG Maps & Info |
Facts about Phaplu Airport (PPL):
- Because of Phaplu Airport's high elevation of 7,918 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PPL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PPL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Phaplu Airport (PPL) is Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of PPL.
- The furthest airport from Phaplu Airport (PPL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,455 miles (18,435 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about A Coruña Airport (LCG):
- A Coruña Airport, formerly known as Alvedro Airport, is the airport serving the Galician city of A Coruña in northwestern Spain.
- Current and future projects include the expansion of parking facilities, an upgrade of the ILS system from Category II to Category III, a short runway expansion, and expanded aircraft parking facilities.
- Because of A Coruña Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at A Coruña 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.
- A Coruña Airport (LCG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of LCG.
- The furthest airport from A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), which is nearly antipodal to A Coruña Airport (meaning A Coruña Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ashburton Aerodrome), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Ashburton, New Zealand.
- A customs office was opened in 1979, and an air traffic control room was added in 1990.
- In addition to being known as "A Coruña Airport", another name for LCG is "Aeroporto da Coruña-Alvedro".
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 14.78 miles (23.78 km) NE | Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) | Lukla, Nepal |     |
| 2 | 14.96 miles (24.08 km) S | Rumjatar Airport (RUM) | Rumjatar, Nepal | |
| 3 | 19.05 miles (30.65 km) SSE | Lamidanda Airport (LDN) | Lamidanda, Nepal | |
| 4 | 33.20 miles (53.42 km) WSW | Ramechhap Airport (RHP) | Ramechhap, Nepal | |
| 5 | 38.41 miles (61.81 km) SE | Bhojpur Airport (BHP) | Bhojpur, Nepal | |
| 6 | 69.18 miles (111.34 km) SW | Janakpur Airport(Domestic) (JKR) | Janakpur, Nepal | |
| 7 | 76.04 miles (122.38 km) W | Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| 8 | 82.95 miles (133.49 km) SSE | Biratnagar Airport (BIR) | Biratnagar, Nepal | |
| 9 | 112.91 miles (181.72 km) SE | Bhadrapur Airport (BDP) | Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal | |
| 10 | 121.87 miles (196.13 km) ESE | Bagdogra AirportCivil Aerodrome Bagdogra (IXB) | Bagdogra, India | |
| 11 | 124.43 miles (200.24 km) SW | Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU) | Muzzafarpur, India | |
| 12 | 132.42 miles (213.10 km) W | Bharatpur Airport (BHR) | Bharatpur, Nepal | |
| 13 | 144.36 miles (232.32 km) W | Meghauli Airport (MEY) | Meghauli, Nepal | |
| 14 | 161.82 miles (260.43 km) SW | Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) | Patna, India | |
| 15 | 165.82 miles (266.86 km) WNW | Pokhara Airport (PKR) | Pokhara, Nepal | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,454.81 miles (18,434.68 km) E | Mataveri International Airport (IPC) | Easter Island, Chile | |
| 2 | 11,089.39 miles (17,846.60 km) WSW | Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP) | Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile | |
| 3 | 11,082.59 miles (17,835.66 km) WSW | La Florida Airport (LSC) | La Serena, Chile | |
| 4 | 11,077.48 miles (17,827.43 km) WSW | Viña del Mar Airport (KNA) | Viña del Mar, Chile | |
| 5 | 11,067.37 miles (17,811.16 km) WSW | La Unión Airport (LUI) | La Unión, Honduras[disambiguation needed] | |
| 6 | 11,041.02 miles (17,768.75 km) WSW | General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport (YAI) | Chillán, Ñuble, Chile | |
| 7 | 11,032.50 miles (17,755.04 km) WSW | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) | Santiago, Chile | |
| 8 | 11,031.32 miles (17,753.14 km) W | Chañaral Airport (CNR) | Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 9 | 11,027.88 miles (17,747.61 km) W | Chamonate Airfield (CPO) | Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 10 | 11,012.46 miles (17,722.80 km) SW | Victoria Airport (ZIC) | Victoria, Araucanía, Chile | |
| 11 | 11,010.72 miles (17,720.00 km) SW | Maquehue Airport (ZCO) | Temuco, Araucanía, Chile | |
| 12 | 11,003.09 miles (17,707.71 km) SW | Pichoy Airport (ZAL) | Valdivia, Chile | |
| 13 | 10,979.53 miles (17,669.80 km) W | Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) | El Salvador, Chile | |
| 14 | 10,978.95 miles (17,668.87 km) W | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) | Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 15 | 10,976.59 miles (17,665.07 km) SW | Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO) | Pisco, Peru | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 28.09 miles (45.20 km) S | Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | |
| 2 | 75.20 miles (121.02 km) S | Vigo Airport (VGO) | Vigo, Galicia, Spain | |
| 3 | 118.55 miles (190.78 km) S | Braga Airport (BGZ) | Braga, Portugal | |
| 4 | 118.91 miles (191.37 km) E | Asturias Airport (OVD) | Oviedo, Asturias, Spain | |
| 5 | 131.10 miles (210.98 km) SE | Bragança Airport (BGC) | Bragança, Portugal | |
| 6 | 143.60 miles (231.10 km) S | Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) | Porto, Portugal | |
| 7 | 143.85 miles (231.51 km) SSE | Vila Real Airport (VRL) | Vila Real, Portugal | |
| 8 | 146.19 miles (235.28 km) ESE | León Airport (LEN) | León, Spain | |
| 9 | 210.69 miles (339.07 km) ESE | Valladolid International Airport (VLL) | Valladolid, Spain | |
| 10 | 214.88 miles (345.81 km) SSE | Covilhã Airport (COV) | Covilhã, Portugal | |
| 11 | 217.41 miles (349.88 km) S | Coimbra Airport (CBP) | Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 12 | 219.23 miles (352.81 km) SE | Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM) | Salamanca, Spain | |
| 13 | 229.05 miles (368.62 km) E | Santander Airport (SDR) | Santander, Cantabria, Spain | |
| 14 | 250.00 miles (402.34 km) ESE | Burgos Airport (RGS) | Burgos, Spain | |
| 15 | 274.83 miles (442.30 km) E | Bilbao Airport (BIO) | Bilbao, Spain | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,394.35 miles (19,946.72 km) SSW | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 12,389.34 miles (19,938.66 km) WSW | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 12,384.93 miles (19,931.57 km) SE | Hokitika Airport (HKK) | Hokitika, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 12,374.74 miles (19,915.17 km) SSE | Greymouth Airport (GMN) | Greymouth, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 12,364.86 miles (19,899.27 km) SSE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 12,355.69 miles (19,884.50 km) ESE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 12,355.55 miles (19,884.28 km) E | Fox Glacier Aerodrome (FGL) | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 12,351.15 miles (19,877.20 km) ESE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 12,328.72 miles (19,841.11 km) S | Westport Airport (WSZ) | Westport, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 12,319.67 miles (19,826.54 km) WSW | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 12,318.47 miles (19,824.60 km) SSE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 12,283.24 miles (19,767.91 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 12,276.07 miles (19,756.37 km) SSW | Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) | Nelson, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 12,270.72 miles (19,747.76 km) SSW | Motueka Aerodrome (MZP) | Motueka, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 12,268.49 miles (19,744.17 km) SW | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |