Nonstop flight route between Comayagua, Honduras and Liberia, Costa Rica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), Comayagua, Honduras and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR), Liberia, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 297 miles (or 478 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 Soto Cano Air Base and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Soto Cano Air Base (XPL):

• Soto Cano Air Base (XPL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Personnel assigned to Soto Cano can ride a bus that will transport them to Soto Cano from Tegucigalpa.
• The furthest airport from Soto Cano Air Base (XPL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Soto Cano Air Base (meaning Soto Cano Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The hooches and metal barracks have no running water.
• Plans call for the construction to take place over the coming years with all base facilities to either be new construction, or receive major upgrades.
• The closest airport to Soto Cano Air Base (XPL) is Marcala Airport (MRJ), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WSW of XPL.
• In addition to the Honduran Air Force Academy, the US military's Joint Task Force Bravo is headquartered at Soto Cano.

Facts about Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR):

• The government of Costa Rica awarded CORIPORT, S.A., a 20-year concession to design, finance, construct and operate a new terminal building and its associated landside facilities, as well as approximately 36,000 m2 of airport land currently occupied by the existing terminal and associated facilities.
• The idea for an airport in the province of Guanacaste was initially conceived during the government of Daniel Oduber Quirós.
• The closest airport to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Tamarindo Airport (TNO), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SW of LIR.
• Because of Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)'s relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) 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 new terminal building, encompassing approximately 23,000 m2, will feature a contemporary design that both increases efficiency and capacity over the existing facility.
• The furthest airport from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (meaning Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)", another name for LIR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós".