Nonstop flight route between Sucre, Bolivia and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), Sucre, Bolivia and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,781 miles (or 17,350 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 Juana Azurduy de Padilla International 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 Juana Azurduy de Padilla International 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 Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE):

• Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (meaning Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,212 miles (19,654 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
• Though Sucre is Bolivia's constitutional capital city, Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is not the largest airport in the country.
• Because of Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport's high elevation of 9,527 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport", another name for SRE is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juana Azurduy de Padilla".
• The closest airport to Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) is Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB), which is located 124 miles (200 kilometers) NNW of SRE.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• 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.
• At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
• A new highway between Lhasa and the Gonggar Airport has been built by the Transportation Department of Tibet at a cost of RMB 1.5 billion yuan.
• 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".
• Gonggar Airport is in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County.
• 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.
• A night landing facility was created by fixing navigational lighting facilities on the runway at a cost of 99 million yuan only in 2007.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• 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.