Nonstop flight route between Surat Thani, Thailand and Juanjuí, Peru:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Surat Thani International Airport (URT), Surat Thani, Thailand and Juanjuí Airport (JJI), Juanjuí, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,123 miles (or 19,510 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 Surat Thani International Airport and Juanjuí 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 Surat Thani International Airport and Juanjuí Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between URT and JJI makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Surat Thani International Airport and Juanjuí Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between URT and JJI are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Surat Thani, Thailand and Juanjuí, Peru by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between URT and JJI!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | URT / VTSB |
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Location: | Surat Thani, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°7'57"N by 99°8'8"E |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public & Military |
Elevation: | 286 feet (87 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from URT |
More Information: | URT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JJI / SPJI |
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Location: | Juanjuí, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°10'10"S by 76°43'45"W |
Area Served: | Juanjuí, San Martín, Perú |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1148 feet (350 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JJI |
More Information: | JJI Maps & Info |
Facts about Surat Thani International Airport (URT):
- Because of Surat Thani International Airport's relatively low elevation of 286 feet, planes can take off or land at Surat Thani 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 "Surat Thani International Airport", another name for URT is "ท่าอากาศยานสุราษฎร์ธานี".
- Surat Thani International Airport (URT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Surat Thani International Airport (URT) is Ranong Airport (UNN), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NW of URT.
- The furthest airport from Surat Thani International Airport (URT) is Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), which is nearly antipodal to Surat Thani International Airport (meaning Surat Thani International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport), and is located 12,297 miles (19,789 kilometers) away in Trujillo, Peru.
- On 11 December 1998, Thai Airways International Flight 261, an A310-200 bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain when it crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles from the airport.
Facts about Juanjuí Airport (JJI):
- The furthest airport from Juanjuí Airport (JJI) is Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), which is nearly antipodal to Juanjuí Airport (meaning Juanjuí Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Ismail Petra Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,860 kilometers) away in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
- In addition to being known as "Juanjuí Airport", another name for JJI is "Aeropuerto de Juanjuí".
- Juanjuí Airport (JJI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Juanjuí Airport (JJI) is Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) NNE of JJI.