Nonstop flight route between Placerville, California, United States and Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Placerville Airport (PVF), Placerville, California, United States and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,373 miles (or 8,646 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 Placerville Airport and Uyuni Joya Andina 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 Placerville Airport and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVF / KPVF |
| Airport Name: | Placerville Airport |
| Location: | Placerville, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°43'27"N by 120°45'11"W |
| Area Served: | Placerville, California |
| Operator/Owner: | El Dorado County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2585 feet (788 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PVF |
| More Information: | PVF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UYU / SLUY |
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| Location: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°26'59"S by 66°50'31"W |
| Area Served: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 12972 feet (3,954 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UYU |
| More Information: | UYU Maps & Info |
Facts about Placerville Airport (PVF):
- Placerville Airport (PVF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Placerville Airport (PVF) is Auburn Municipal Airport (AUN), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NW of PVF.
- The furthest airport from Placerville Airport (PVF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,250 miles (18,105 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- There are no scheduled passenger services departing from the airport.
Facts about Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU):
- In addition to being known as "Uyuni Joya Andina Airport", another name for UYU is "Aeropuerto de Uyuni / Aeropuerto Joya Andina".
- Because of Uyuni Joya Andina Airport's high elevation of 12,972 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UYU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UYU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), which is located 142 miles (228 kilometers) NE of UYU.
- Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (meaning Uyuni Joya Andina Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
