Nonstop flight route between Lokichoggio, Kenya and Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from LKG to UYU:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LKG Airport Information
- UYU Airport Information
- Facts about LKG
- Facts about UYU
- Map of Nearest Airports to LKG
- List of Nearest Airports to LKG
- Map of Furthest Airports from LKG
- List of Furthest Airports from LKG
- Map of Nearest Airports to UYU
- List of Nearest Airports to UYU
- Map of Furthest Airports from UYU
- List of Furthest Airports from UYU
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lokichogio Airport (LKG), Lokichoggio, Kenya and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,043 miles (or 11,335 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 Lokichogio Airport and Uyuni Joya Andina 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 Lokichogio Airport and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKG / HKLK |
Airport Name: | Lokichogio Airport |
Location: | Lokichoggio, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°12'18"N by 34°20'41"E |
Area Served: | Lokichogio, Kenya |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 2116 feet (645 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LKG |
More Information: | LKG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UYU / SLUY |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°26'59"S by 66°50'31"W |
Area Served: | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 12972 feet (3,954 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UYU |
More Information: | UYU Maps & Info |
Facts about Lokichogio Airport (LKG):
- Lokichogio Airport (LKG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Lokichogio Airport is located in Turkana District, Rift Valley Province, in the town of Lokichogio, in the northwestern corner of the Republic of Kenya, close to the International borders with South Sudan and Uganda.
- The closest airport to Lokichogio Airport (LKG) is Kalokol Airport (KLK), which is located 114 miles (184 kilometers) ESE of LKG.
- The furthest airport from Lokichogio Airport (LKG) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,841 miles (19,056 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
Facts about Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU):
- The closest airport to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), which is located 142 miles (228 kilometers) NE of UYU.
- Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Uyuni Joya Andina Airport", another name for UYU is "Aeropuerto de Uyuni / Aeropuerto Joya Andina".
- Because of Uyuni Joya Andina Airport's high elevation of 12,972 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UYU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UYU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (meaning Uyuni Joya Andina Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.