Nonstop flight route between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and N'Djamena, Chad:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toncontín International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras and N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ), N'Djamena, Chad would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,815 miles (or 10,968 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 N'Djamena 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 Toncontín International Airport and N'Djamena 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 Toncontín International Airport (TGU):

• The International Civil Aviation Organization completed a review of Toncontín and made safety recommendations regarding the airport.
• The closest airport to Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
• 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.
• Toncontín International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
• Toncontín International Airport (TGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Toncontín International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontín".
• The civil war in 1924 caused Tiburcio Carías to realize that aviation had a great future in Honduras, providing an ideal transport solution for a mountainous country.
• Boeing 757s are the largest aircraft that normally land at Toncontín.
• The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the second most dangerous airport in the world.
• The airport has a single asphalt runway, which sits at an elevation of 1,005 m AMSL.
• 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.

Facts about N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ):

• There has been a French military base here since 1986, when Operation Epervier started, and was used as a French base during previous operations.
• N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• N'Djamena International Airport is an international airport serving N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad.
• The furthest airport from N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to N'Djamena International Airport (meaning N'Djamena International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,142 miles (19,541 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Because of N'Djamena International Airport's relatively low elevation of 968 feet, planes can take off or land at N'Djamena 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.
• The closest airport to N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ) is Bol-Berim Airport (OTC), which is located 93 miles (149 kilometers) NNW of NDJ.