Nonstop flight route between Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Kerrville, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV), Kerrville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,121 miles (or 13,070 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 Qamdo Bamda Airport and Kerrville Municipal 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 Qamdo Bamda Airport and Kerrville Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BPX / ZUBD |
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Location: | Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°33'12"N by 97°6'30"E |
Area Served: | Qamdo, Tibet, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14436 feet (4,400 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BPX |
More Information: | BPX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERV / KERV |
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Location: | Kerrville, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°58'36"N by 99°5'8"W |
Area Served: | Kerrville, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Kerrville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1617 feet (493 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ERV |
More Information: | ERV Maps & Info |
Facts about Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX):
- The furthest airport from Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is located 11,747 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Visitors are warned before landing to move slowly on leaving the plane and that they may feel light headed or dizzy because of the thin air.
- The closest airport to Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) N of BPX.
- In addition to being known as "Qamdo Bamda Airport", other names for BPX include "昌都邦达机场" and "Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng".
- Because of Qamdo Bamda Airport's high elevation of 14,436 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV):
- In addition to being known as "Kerrville Municipal Airport", another name for ERV is "Louis Schreiner Field".
- The closest airport to Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of ERV.
- In the year ending August 5, 2011 the airport had 59,800 general aviation operations, average 163 per day.
- The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
- Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped there until 1959-60.