Nonstop flight route between Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC), Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,529 miles (or 13,726 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 Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón 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 Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón 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 Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC):

• Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC) has 2 runways.
• The airport was named in honor of Francisco Sarabia Tinoco, a pioneer of commercial aviation in Mexico.
• In Torreon Airport was a complete expansion and renovation of Terminal Building which includes new areas of documentation, a second floor where are located the last waiting room, a VIP lounge and new business areas covering different spins.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport", another name for TRC is "Aeropuerto Internacional De Torreón Francisco Sarabia".
• The closest airport to Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC) is General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) SW of TRC.
• The furthest airport from Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,503 miles (18,513 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• 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.
• Pilots landing at Lhasa Gonggar Airport must be specially trained in handling manoeuvres at landing at the high altitude of 3,700 metres.
• In 1965 the Gonggar Airport was constructed.
• Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a "hump" in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II.
• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• 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".
• 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.
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.