Nonstop flight route between Lanseria, South Africa and Fryeburg, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lanseria International Airport (HLA), Lanseria, South Africa and Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY), Fryeburg, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,863 miles (or 12,654 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 Lanseria International Airport and Eastern Slopes Regional 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 Lanseria International Airport and Eastern Slopes Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lanseria International Airport (HLA):

• Lanseria Airport started out as a grass strip airfield in 1972, the brainchild of two Pretoria pilots – Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher.
• In addition to being known as "Lanseria International Airport", another name for HLA is "Lanseria".
• On 15 November 2012 the airport was sold to a consortium consisting of Harith, an infrastructure development fund management company.
• Lanseria International Airport (HLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Lanseria International Airport's high elevation of 4,520 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HLA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HLA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Lanseria International Airport (meaning Lanseria International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,002 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is Grand Central Airport (GCJ), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of HLA.

Facts about Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY):

• In addition to being known as "Eastern Slopes Regional Airport", another name for FRY is "IZG".
• Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Eastern Slopes Regional Airport covers an area of 533 acres which contains one runway designated 14/32 with a 4,200 x 75 ft asphalt surface.
• The furthest airport from Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,670 miles (18,781 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Until 2004, the airport served very little purpose except to Dearborn Precision Tubular Products, which used it as a cargo stop.
• The closest airport to Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (FRY) is Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (LEW), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) E of FRY.
• The airport was built to replace the North Conway airport.
• Because of Eastern Slopes Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Eastern Slopes Regional 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.