Nonstop flight route between Tabuk, Saudi Arabia and Riga, Latvia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU), Tabuk, Saudi Arabia and Riga International Airport (RIX), Riga, Latvia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,068 miles (or 3,327 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 relatively short distance between Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) and Riga International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU):

• Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU) is Tureira Airport (ZTA), which is located 11,831 miles (19,040 kilometers) away in Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Tabuk Regional Airport (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Airport ) (TUU) is King Hussein International Airport (AQJ), which is located 130 miles (208 kilometers) NW of TUU.
• The upper level connects the departing and arriving passengers to the airplane.
• The airport has only one terminal serving both international and domestic destinations.
• Next to the airport a new mosque was built to accommodate for passengers and airport staff.

Facts about Riga International Airport (RIX):

• Busiest airports by passenger traffic in the Baltic States
• Riga International Airport (RIX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Riga International Airport (RIX) is Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) SSW of RIX.
• As the Latvian government may be backing out of the state-financed plan to build the 20 million passenger capable terminal, airBaltic is now planning, by 2014, to build for its own exclusive use a second terminal which can handle 40 planes and 5000 passengers per hour, equivalent to about 7.5 million passengers per year, located next to the current terminal, while leaving the current terminal for all other airlines to use.
• The furthest airport from Riga International Airport (RIX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,169 miles (17,975 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Riga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Riga 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.
• In addition to being known as "Riga International Airport", another name for RIX is "Starptautiskā lidosta “Rīga”".
• In 2006, the new north terminal extension was opened.