Nonstop flight route between Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and Paro, Bhutan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jerez Airport (XRY), Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and Paro International Airport (PBH), Paro, Bhutan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,391 miles (or 8,676 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 Jerez Airport and Paro 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 Jerez Airport and Paro International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XRY / LEJR |
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Location: | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°44'40"N by 6°3'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 93 feet (28 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XRY |
More Information: | XRY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PBH / VQPR |
Airport Name: | Paro International Airport |
Location: | Paro, Bhutan |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°24'32"N by 89°25'14"E |
Area Served: | Thimphu and Paro District |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7300 feet (2,225 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PBH |
More Information: | PBH Maps & Info |
Facts about Jerez Airport (XRY):
- Jerez Airport is conveniently located for access to Gibraltar, Cadiz, Tarifa, Seville and the Costa del Sol which is a 90-minute drive away.
- Jerez Airport train station is situated to the west of the airport, this is the other side of the car parking.
- Jerez Airport (XRY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Ryanair introduced regular flights between Jerez Airport and London which helped increase passenger numbers at the airport to 1.1 million in 2004.
- Because of Jerez Airport's relatively low elevation of 93 feet, planes can take off or land at Jerez 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 Jerez Airport (XRY) is Auckland Airport (AKL), which is nearly antipodal to Jerez Airport (meaning Jerez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Auckland Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,934 kilometers) away in Mangere, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Jerez Airport", another name for XRY is "Aeropuerto de Jerez".
- The closest airport to Jerez Airport (XRY) is Seville Airport (SVQ), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) N of XRY.
Facts about Paro International Airport (PBH):
- The furthest airport from Paro International Airport (PBH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,281 miles (18,155 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Paro International Airport (PBH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport has a single, 6,445 feet asphalt runway.
- Because of Paro International Airport's high elevation of 7,300 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PBH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PBH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Bathpalathang Airport in Bumthang district and Yongphulla Airport in Trashigang District are two other airports in the country.
- With surrounding peaks as high as 18,000 ft it is considered one of the world's most challenging airports, and as of October 2009, only eight pilots in the world are certified to land at the airport.
- The closest airport to Paro International Airport (PBH) is Cooch Behar Airport (COH), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) SSE of PBH.