Nonstop flight route between Querétaro, Mexico and Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO), Querétaro, Mexico and Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,168 miles (or 8,317 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 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear, 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 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport and Svalbard Airport, Longyear. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO):

• In addition to being known as "Querétaro Intercontinental Airport", another name for QRO is "Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro".
• Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Regional Cargo has its headquarters on the airport property and in Colón.
• The furthest airport from Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,369 miles (18,296 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO) is Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport (CYW), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) W of QRO.
• Because of Querétaro Intercontinental Airport's high elevation of 6,290 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at QRO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make QRO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR):

• Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Svalbard Airport, Longyear's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Svalbard Airport, Longyear 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.
• Svalbard Airport, Longyear handled 126,350 passengers last year.
• In 2011, the airport had 126,350 passengers.Scandinavian Airlines operates daily flights to Tromsø and Oslo in mainland Norway.
• Lufttransport has a base at Svalbard Airport with two 19-seat Dornier Do 228-202K aircraft and 15 employees.
• Lufttransport has been at the airport since 1976.
• Construction started in 1973.
• The closest airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Honningsvåg Airport, Valan (HVG), which is located 534 miles (859 kilometers) SSE of LYR.
• The furthest airport from Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,170 miles (16,367 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• In addition to being known as "Svalbard Airport, Longyear", another name for LYR is "Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear".
• Both Braathens SAFE and SAS applied for the concession to fly from the mainland to Norway.
• On 14 August 1987, Braathens SAFE re-entered the market, flying in parallel with SAS to Tromsø and Oslo.