Nonstop flight route between St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Tegucigalpa, Honduras:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. John's International Airport (YYT), St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Toncontín International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,044 miles (or 4,900 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 St. John's International Airport and Toncontín 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 St. John's International Airport and Toncontín International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. John's International Airport (YYT):

• WestJet Airlines has announced that Seasonal Service to Dublin Ireland will commence starting June 15, 2014 through October 5th 2014.
• Because of St. John's International Airport's relatively low elevation of 461 feet, planes can take off or land at St. John's 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.
• The furthest airport from St. John's International Airport (YYT) is Portland Airport (PTJ), which is located 11,475 miles (18,467 kilometers) away in Portland, Victoria, Australia.
• On April 1, 1946, the airport became a civilian operation under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Department of Transport.
• In 1981 the terminal building housed the offices of the airport manager and staff.
• The airport was designated as one of five Canadian airports suitable as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle orbiter.
• St. John's International Airport (YYT) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to St. John's International Airport (YYT) is Gander International Airport (YQX), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) NW of YYT.
• The airport underwent a $50 million renovation in 2002.
• St. John's International Airport handled 1,318,713 passengers last year.
• On October 18, 1941, three American B-17 Flying Fortress and one RCAF Digby made the first unofficial landing on the only serviceable runway available.

Facts about Toncontín International Airport (TGU):

• The closest airport to Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
• On May 30, 2008, the tragedy of TACA Flight 390 prompted the announcement by then Honduran President Manuel Zelaya that all large aircraft operations would move to the Soto Cano Air Base.
• The airport received much notoriety as being one of the most dangerous in the world due to its proximity to mountainous terrain, its short runway, and its historically difficult approach to runway 02.
• On July 7, 2008, President Zelaya announced the reopening of Toncontín airport at a news conference following a three-hour meeting with businessmen, who had demanded commercial flights resume at Toncontín due to Soto Cano Air Base being too far from Tegucigalpa.
• The furthest airport from Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Toncontín International Airport (meaning Toncontín International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,530 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The Aviator Luigi Venditti conducted several flights using the natural floodplain from Toncontín.
• Toncontín International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
• The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the second most dangerous airport in the world.
• Toncontín International Airport (TGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Toncontín International Airport", another name for TGU is "Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontín".