Nonstop flight route between Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India and Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tirupati Airport (TIR), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS), Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,198 miles (or 14,802 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 Tirupati Airport and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez 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 Tirupati Airport and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tirupati Airport (TIR):

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• The Prime Minister of India Shri Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for Tirupati International Airport on September 1, 2010
• Tirupati Airport (TIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 8 October 2008, the Government of India announced that it will upgrade Tirupati Airport providing wider choices of air travel.
• Because of Tirupati Airport's relatively low elevation of 350 feet, planes can take off or land at Tirupati 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 furthest airport from Tirupati Airport (TIR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,337 miles (18,246 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Tirupati Airport (TIR) is Chennai International Airport (MAA), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) SE of TIR.
• In addition to being known as "Tirupati Airport", another name for TIR is "తిరుపతి విమానాశ్రయము".

Facts about Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS):

• Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport handled 165,043 passengers last year.
• When anti-military demonstrators started flocking into Vieques, both by air and sea, in 1999, Vieques Airport saw a considerable increase to its normal yearly average of passengers.
• The airport does not accept jet aircraft, but a couple of international flights operate from it.
• Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio Rivera Rodríguez 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 Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NW of VQS.
• The furthest airport from Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (meaning Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,239 miles (19,697 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.