Nonstop flight route between Springdale, Arkansas, United States and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Springdale Municipal Airport (SPZ), Springdale, Arkansas, United States and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,901 miles (or 12,716 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 Springdale Municipal Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Springdale Municipal Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Springdale Municipal Airport (SPZ):

• The furthest airport from Springdale Municipal Airport (SPZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,783 miles (17,354 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Springdale Municipal Airport (SPZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Springdale Municipal Airport (SPZ) is Drake Field (FYV), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of SPZ.
• In addition to being known as "Springdale Municipal Airport", another name for SPZ is "ASG".
• Springdale Municipal Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• Gonggar Airport is in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• At an elevation of 3,570 metres, Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world.
• Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a "hump" in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.