Nonstop flight route between San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina and Lukla, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina and Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA), Lukla, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,710 miles (or 17,236 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 Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport and Tenzing-Hillary 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 Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport and Tenzing-Hillary Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC):

• The closest airport to Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC) is Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) SE of TUC.
• In addition to being known as "Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport", another name for TUC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Tucumán".
• Tucumán International Airport has direct public transport links to San Miguel de Tucumán served by Bus nº 121 to the Bus Terminal Station, through AV.
• The furthest airport from Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC) is Jinggangshan Airport (JGS), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (meaning Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jinggangshan Airport), and is located 12,427 miles (19,999 kilometers) away in Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.
• This airport replaced the old one, located on the Ninth of July Park, because of its bad location from the Plaza Independencia).
• Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1988, it handled 710,000 passengers.

Facts about Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA):

• The airport's paved asphalt runway is only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing, short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dornier Do 228, and Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter.
• Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,446 miles (18,421 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Tenzing-Hillary Airport's high elevation of 9,383 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Tenzing-Hillary Airport", another name for LUA is "तेन्जिङ हिलारी विमानस्थल".
• The closest airport to Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is Phaplu Airport (PPL), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of LUA.