Nonstop flight route between Tougan, Burkina Faso and Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tougan Airport (TUQ), Tougan, Burkina Faso and Tureira Airport (ZTA), Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,456 miles (or 15,218 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 Tougan Airport and Tureira 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 Tougan Airport and Tureira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TUQ / DFOT | 
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| Location: | Tougan, Burkina Faso | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°3'32"N by 3°4'38"W | 
| Area Served: | Tougan | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 984 feet (300 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from TUQ | 
| More Information: | TUQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZTA / NTGY | 
| Airport Name: | Tureira Airport | 
| Location: | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°46'16"S by 138°33'53"W | 
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZTA | 
| More Information: | ZTA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Tougan Airport (TUQ):
- In addition to being known as "Tougan Airport", another name for TUQ is "Tougan Airport (Tougan)".
 - The furthest airport from Tougan Airport (TUQ) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Tougan Airport (meaning Tougan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,178 miles (19,598 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
 - Because of Tougan Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Tougan 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 Tougan Airport (TUQ) is Dédougou Airport (DGU), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) SW of TUQ.
 - Tougan Airport (TUQ) currently has only 1 runway.
 
Facts about Tureira Airport (ZTA):
- From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique, the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 70 miles/115 kilometres south of Tureia.
 - The closest airport to Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Nukutavake Airport (NUK), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) N of ZTA.
 - This atoll has a 3,000 feet -long airstrip.
 - The furthest airport from Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Al-Baha Domestic Airport (ABT), which is nearly antipodal to Tureira Airport (meaning Tureira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Al-Baha Domestic Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,958 kilometers) away in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia.
 - Because of Tureira Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Tureira 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.
 - Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km.
 
