Nonstop flight route between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Fortuna, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Rohnerville Airport (FOT), Fortuna, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,878 miles (or 4,631 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 ToncontĂn International Airport and Rohnerville 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 ToncontĂn International Airport and Rohnerville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGU / MHTG |
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| Location: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°3'42"N by 87°13'0"W |
| Area Served: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 3297 feet (1,005 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TGU |
| More Information: | TGU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FOT / KFOT |
| Airport Name: | Rohnerville Airport |
| Location: | Fortuna, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°33'14"N by 124°7'58"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Humboldt County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 392 feet (119 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FOT |
| More Information: | FOT Maps & Info |
Facts about ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU):
- ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport received much notoriety as being one of the most dangerous in the world due to its proximity to mountainous terrain, its short runway, and its historically difficult approach to runway 02.
- ToncontĂn International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
- The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the second most dangerous airport in the world.
- The furthest airport from ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to ToncontĂn International Airport (meaning ToncontĂn International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,530 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Boeing 757s are the largest aircraft that normally land at ToncontĂn.
- The closest airport to ToncontĂn International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
- In addition to being known as "ToncontĂn International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional ToncontĂn".
- On May 30, 2008, the tragedy of TACA Flight 390 prompted the announcement by then Honduran President Manuel Zelaya that all large aircraft operations would move to the Soto Cano Air Base.
Facts about Rohnerville Airport (FOT):
- The closest airport to Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is Murray Field (EKA), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) N of FOT.
- The furthest airport from Rohnerville Airport (FOT) is TĂ´lanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,248 miles (18,102 kilometers) away in TĂ´lanaro, Madagascar.
- Rohnerville Airport covers an area of 541 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 4,005 by 100 feet.
- Because of Rohnerville Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Rohnerville 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.
- Rohnerville Airport (FOT) currently has only 1 runway.
