Nonstop flight route between Besançon / La Vèze, France and Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ), Besançon / La Vèze, France and Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,750 miles (or 7,644 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 Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome and Qamdo Bamda 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 Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome and Qamdo Bamda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QBQ / LFQM | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Besançon / La Vèze, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°12'19"N by 6°4'50"E | 
| Area Served: | Besançon | 
| Operator/Owner: | CCI Doubs | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1271 feet (387 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from QBQ | 
| More Information: | QBQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BPX / ZUBD | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°33'12"N by 97°6'30"E | 
| Area Served: | Qamdo, Tibet, China | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 14436 feet (4,400 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BPX | 
| More Information: | BPX Maps & Info | 
Facts about Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ):
- Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome", another name for QBQ is "Aérodrome de Besançon - La Vèze".
- The furthest airport from Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (meaning Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,172 miles (19,589 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Besançon - La Vèze Aerodrome (QBQ) is Dole - Jura Airport (DLE), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of QBQ.
Facts about Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX):
- Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) N of BPX.
- In addition to being known as "Qamdo Bamda Airport", other names for BPX include "昌都邦达机场" and "Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng".
- Because of Qamdo Bamda Airport's high elevation of 14,436 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is located 11,747 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- At an elevation of 4,334 m above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world.




