Nonstop flight route between Tongren, Guizhou, China and Tripoli, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN), Tongren, Guizhou, China and Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,518 miles (or 8,880 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 Tongren Fenghuang 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 Tongren Fenghuang 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 Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN):

• The closest airport to Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN) is Zhijiang Airport (HJJ), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) SE of TEN.
• In addition to being known as "Tongren Fenghuang Airport", other names for TEN include "铜仁凤凰机场" and "Tóngjìn Fènghuáng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN) is Chamonate Airfield (CPO), which is nearly antipodal to Tongren Fenghuang Airport (meaning Tongren Fenghuang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chamonate Airfield), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile.

Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):

• 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.
• After the USAF left, Wheelus became a Libyan People's Air Force installation and was renamed Okba Ben Nafi Air Base.
• Alitalia and Turkish Airlines also moved back to Tripoli International after it reopened.
• The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
• The airport was originally built in 1923 and served as Mellaha Air Base for the Italian Air Force.
• On 21 August 2011, rebels launched an assault on Mitiga as part of a bid to battle loyalist forces in Tripoli, sustaining a number of casualties in the process
• LPAF Soviet-made MiG-17/19/25 fighters and Tu-22 bombers were based at Okba Ben Nafi Air Base.
• Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
• 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.