Nonstop flight route between Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ), Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,257 miles (or 14,898 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 Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ):

• The furthest airport from Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,712 miles (18,848 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport, aka Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport, is an international airport serving the Mexican municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas.
• Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport handled 855,073 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport", another name for TGZ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo".
• The closest airport to Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ) is San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) ENE of TGZ.
• Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• According to official statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, in 2013 the airport handled 855,073 passengers, becoming the busiest airport in the Southwestern region and the 16th in Mexico.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• At an elevation of 3,570 metres, Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• The airport is connected to the rest of China, which includes cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Xian, Xining, Kunming, Diqing and Chamdo Region.
• A night landing facility was created by fixing navigational lighting facilities on the runway at a cost of 99 million yuan only in 2007.