Nonstop flight route between Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia and Lawton, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia and Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), Lawton, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,330 miles (or 6,969 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 Uyuni Joya Andina Airport and Lawton–Fort Sill Regional 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 Uyuni Joya Andina Airport and Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UYU / SLUY |
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Location: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°26'59"S by 66°50'31"W |
Area Served: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 12972 feet (3,954 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UYU |
More Information: | UYU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAW / KLAW |
Airport Name: | Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport |
Location: | Lawton, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°34'4"N by 98°24'59"W |
Area Served: | Lawton, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lawton |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1110 feet (338 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAW |
More Information: | LAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU):
- Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), which is located 142 miles (228 kilometers) NE of UYU.
- The furthest airport from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (meaning Uyuni Joya Andina Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
- Because of Uyuni Joya Andina Airport's high elevation of 12,972 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UYU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UYU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Uyuni Joya Andina Airport", another name for UYU is "Aeropuerto de Uyuni / Aeropuerto Joya Andina".
Facts about Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW):
- The furthest airport from Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,924 miles (17,581 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Local and transient general aviation
- Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW) is Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) N of LAW.
- The 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.