Nonstop flight route between Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada and Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beaver Creek Airport (YXQ), Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada and Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA), Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,487 miles (or 8,830 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 Beaver Creek Airport and Lhasa Gonggar 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 Beaver Creek Airport and Lhasa Gonggar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beaver Creek Airport (YXQ):

• The furthest airport from Beaver Creek Airport (YXQ) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,386 miles (16,715 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Beaver Creek Airport is the western-most airport in Canada.
• Beaver Creek Airport (YXQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Beaver Creek Airport (YXQ) is Chisana Airport (CZN), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) WSW of YXQ.

Facts about Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA):

• The airport has parking facilities for five Airbus A340 or seven Boeing 757 aircraft.
• Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) has 2 runways.
• At an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea level, the airport is one of the highest in the world.
• In addition to being known as "Lhasa Gonggar Airport", other names for LXA include "拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎnglha sa gong kar dzong".
• The closest airport to Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of LXA.
• Given the frequency of strong air currents picking up in the afternoon, most flights into the airport are scheduled in the morning.
• The furthest airport from Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• Because of Lhasa Gonggar Airport's high elevation of 11,713 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.