Nonstop flight route between Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Tripoli, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Trompillo Airport (SRZ), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,135 miles (or 9,873 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 El Trompillo Airport and Mitiga International 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 El Trompillo Airport and Mitiga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Trompillo Airport (SRZ):

• El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of SRZ.
• The furthest airport from El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is San Fernando Airport (SFE), which is nearly antipodal to El Trompillo Airport (meaning El Trompillo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Fernando Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,622 kilometers) away in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines.
• Aerocon has its head office in Hangar 93.

Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):

• Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
• On 13 March 2011, Ali Atiyya, a colonel of the Libyan Air Force at the airport, defected and joined the anti-Gaddafi forces.
• Mitiga International Airport is an airport in Libya, located about 8 kilometres east of Tripoli's city center that was established in 1995.
• Of these Tunisair suspended flights to the airport due to a major security lapse, endangering crew and passengers onboard one of their aircraft, they have now resumed service to Tripoli International.
• The 48 TFW had practiced for years at Wheelus with F-100s and later at Zaragoza AB Spain with F-4D Phantoms and the F-111s for just such a mission.
• The airport was originally built in 1923 and served as Mellaha Air Base for the Italian Air Force.
• After 1970, the facility was known as Okba Ben Nafi Air Base, a Libyan People's Air Force installation.
• In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
• Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga International Airport 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.