Nonstop flight route between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toncontín International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT), Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,712 miles (or 14,020 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 Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin 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 Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin 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 origin of the name Toncontín is unknown, but experts say that it is a word derived from the Nahuatl word "Tocotín", the name of an ancient and sacred dance of Yucatan, Mexico.
• The airport has a single asphalt runway, which sits at an elevation of 1,005 m AMSL.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Toncontín International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontín".
• Toncontín International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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 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 Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT):

• In addition to being known as "Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport", another name for RHT is "阿拉善右旗巴丹吉林机场".
• The closest airport to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Zhangye Ganzhou Airport (YZY), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) WSW of RHT.
• The furthest airport from Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (meaning Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.