Nonstop flight route between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Luoyang, Henan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toncontín International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), Luoyang, Henan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,828 miles (or 14,207 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 Toncontín International Airport and Luoyang Beijiao 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 Toncontín International Airport and Luoyang Beijiao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Toncontín International Airport (TGU):

• The Aviator Luigi Venditti conducted several flights using the natural floodplain from Toncontín.
• Historically, larger aircraft have occasionally landed at Toncontín, such as a Douglas DC-8 on a mission with Orbis International in 1987, and a C-17 Globemaster in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
• Toncontín International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
• On July 7, 2008, President Zelaya announced the reopening of Toncontín airport at a news conference following a three-hour meeting with businessmen, who had demanded commercial flights resume at Toncontín due to Soto Cano Air Base being too far from Tegucigalpa.
• Toncontín International Airport (TGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Toncontín International Airport (meaning Toncontín 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.
• In addition to being known as "Toncontín International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontín".

Facts about Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA):

• Because of Luoyang Beijiao Airport's relatively low elevation of 840 feet, planes can take off or land at Luoyang Beijiao 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.
• Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA) is San Rafael Airport (AFA), which is nearly antipodal to Luoyang Beijiao Airport (meaning Luoyang Beijiao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Rafael Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,941 kilometers) away in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Luoyang Beijiao Airport", other names for LYA include "洛阳北郊机场" and "Luòyáng Běijiāo Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA) is Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) WNW of LYA.