Nonstop flight route between Lichinga, Mozambique and Punta Caucedo (near Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lichinga Airport (VXC), Lichinga, Mozambique and Las Américas International Airport (SDQ), Punta Caucedo (near Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,469 miles (or 12,019 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 Lichinga Airport and Las Américas 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 Lichinga Airport and Las Américas International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Lichinga Airport (VXC):

• Because of Lichinga Airport's high elevation of 4,505 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VXC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VXC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Lichinga Airport (VXC) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,622 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Lichinga Airport (VXC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lichinga Airport (VXC) is Salima Airport (LMB), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) SW of VXC.

Facts about Las Américas International Airport (SDQ):

• Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Las Américas International Airport (meaning Las Américas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,078 miles (19,438 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Las Américas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Américas 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 "Las Américas International Airport", another name for SDQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas".
• Las Américas International Airport handled 3,136,522 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) is Herrera International Airport (HEX), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of SDQ.
• The average number of daily flights in and out of Las Americas ranges between 68 and 84 flights.
• Las Américas has seven gates on the main satellite concourse, A1 through A6, which have a shared use and in the same concourse there is an American Eagle gate, A7.
• Las Américas was the hub for Dominicana de Aviación, APA Dominicana International, Air Santo Domingo, and a number of other, smaller airlines.