Nonstop flight route between Pucón, Chile and New York City, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pucón Airport (ZPC), Pucón, Chile and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,534 miles (or 8,905 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 Pucón Airport and LaGuardia 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 Pucón Airport and LaGuardia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZPC / SCPC |
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| Location: | Pucón, Chile |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°17'29"S by 71°55'14"W |
| Area Served: | Pucón, Chile |
| Operator/Owner: | Chilean State |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 879 feet (268 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZPC |
| More Information: | ZPC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGA / KLGA |
| Airport Name: | LaGuardia Airport |
| Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°46'38"N by 73°52'21"W |
| Area Served: | New York City |
| Operator/Owner: | City of New York |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGA |
| More Information: | LGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Pucón Airport (ZPC):
- In addition to being known as "Pucón Airport", another name for ZPC is "Aeropuerto Pucón".
- Because of Pucón Airport's relatively low elevation of 879 feet, planes can take off or land at Pucón 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 closest airport to Pucón Airport (ZPC) is Maquehue Airport (ZCO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) NW of ZPC.
- Pucón Airport (ZPC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Pucón Airport (ZPC) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Pucón Airport (meaning Pucón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):
- LaGuardia has four terminals connected by buses and walkways.
- The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
- In April 2010, Port Authority director Christopher Ward announced that the agency had hired consultants to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of LaGuardia's Central Terminal.
- The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
- Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
- LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other, the longest being 6,000 ft.
- In late 2006, construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one.
- During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
