Nonstop flight route between Malange, Angola and Tegucigalpa, Honduras:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Malanje Airport (MEG), Malange, Angola and Toncontín International Airport (TGU), Tegucigalpa, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,276 miles (or 11,710 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 Malanje 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 Malanje Airport and Toncontín International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEG / FNMA |
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Location: | Malange, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°31'29"S by 16°18'44"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3868 feet (1,179 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MEG |
More Information: | MEG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGU / MHTG |
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Location: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°3'42"N by 87°13'0"W |
Area Served: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 3297 feet (1,005 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TGU |
More Information: | TGU Maps & Info |
Facts about Malanje Airport (MEG):
- In addition to being known as "Malanje Airport", other names for MEG include "Malanje Airport (Malanje)" and "Malange Airport".
- The closest airport to Malanje Airport (MEG) is Cuango-Luzamba Airport (LZM), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ENE of MEG.
- Malanje Airport (MEG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Malanje Airport (MEG) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,803 miles (18,994 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
Facts about Toncontín International Airport (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.
- The origin of the name Toncontín is unknown, but experts say that it is a word derived from the Nahuatl word "Tocotín", the name of an ancient and sacred dance of Yucatan, Mexico.
- Toncontín International Airport handled 493,000 passengers last year.
- 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 closest airport to Toncontín International Airport (TGU) is Soto Cano Air Base (XPL), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of TGU.
- Boeing 757s are the largest aircraft that normally land at Toncontín.
- 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".
- 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.