Nonstop flight route between Tyler, Texas, United States and Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR), Tyler, Texas, United States and Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,837 miles (or 15,831 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 Tyler Pounds Regional Airport and Lombok 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 Tyler Pounds Regional Airport and Lombok 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 Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR):

• Continental Connection announced a daily flight to Tyler from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to begin the same month as American Eagle planned to cut service from Dallas-Fort Worth.
• Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,862 miles (17,481 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR) is Cherokee County Airport (JKV), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SSE of TYR.
• In addition to being known as "Tyler Pounds Regional Airport", another name for TYR is "(former Pounds Army Airfield)".
• On November 11, 2008 Tyler-Pounds Regional airport announced plans to add a fourth American Eagle regional jet departure from Tyler, starting January 6, 2009.
• Because of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 544 feet, planes can take off or land at Tyler Pounds Regional 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 airport has been expanding to meet goals in "The Tyler Master Plan".

Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):

• When the Lombok International Airport became operational all the existing flight schedules at Lombok's Selaparang Airport were moved across to the new airport.
• In addition to being known as "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
• Because of Lombok International Airport's relatively low elevation of 319 feet, planes can take off or land at Lombok 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.
• The furthest airport from Lombok International Airport (LOP) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is nearly antipodal to Lombok International Airport (meaning Lombok International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Tomé Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in San Tomé, Venezuela.
• The airport is served by road links to the city of Mataram which is approximately 40 km to the northwest of the airport.
• The secretary of commission III NTB Council, Suharto reported in 2010 that the delays to completion of the Lombok International Airport were due to a lack of funding to the order of Rp 76 Billion.
• Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.
• The airport site is at Tanak Awu, in Kabupaten Lombok Tengah, Lombok, Indonesia, south west of Mataram the provincial capital of Nusa Tenggara Barat and a few kilometers south west of the small regional city of Praya.
• The Indonesian government is actively promoting both Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa as Indonesia's number two tourism destination after Bali.
• The first aircraft landing was a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800NG marking the commencement of operations on Saturday, 1 October 2011.
• The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
• Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.