Nonstop flight route between Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia and Kaunas, Lithuania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tom Price Airport (TPR), Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,640 miles (or 12,296 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 Tom Price Airport and Kaunas 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 Tom Price Airport and Kaunas 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 Tom Price Airport (TPR):

• Tom Price Airport (TPR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Tom Price Airport (TPR) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Tom Price Airport (meaning Tom Price Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• The strategic location of the planned airport has been chosen also to handle the expansions at the Brockman minesite, by Pilbara Iron.
• The closest airport to Tom Price Airport (TPR) is Paraburdoo Airport (PBO), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of TPR.
• In addition to being known as "Tom Price Airport", another name for TPR is "YTMP".
• However, on 16 January 2009, suffering the effects of lower demand and ore prices as a result of the global financial crisis, these plans were scrapped as Rio's capital expenditure program was cut.

Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):

• Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
• In 2008 the new three-storey terminal building has been opened for passenger operations.
• The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
• Theoretical runaway average capacity, when aircraft are landing or taking off, is 12 operations per hour.
• Due to its central location in Lithuania, Kaunas Airport is easily accessible via nearby A6 highway/E262, which connects to the other main freeways in Lithuania A1 motorway and Via Baltica.
• Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
• Kaunas Airport was used by YAK-40, and YAK-42 of the local Aeroflot branch since 1988.
• The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.