Nonstop flight route between Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Chişinău, Moldova:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Chișinău International Airport (KIV), Chişinău, Moldova would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,285 miles (or 10,115 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 McCarran International Airport and Chișinău 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 McCarran International Airport and Chișinău 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: | LAS / KLAS |
Airport Name: | McCarran International Airport |
Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°4'47"N by 115°9'7"W |
Area Served: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Operator/Owner: | Clark County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2181 feet (665 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAS |
More Information: | LAS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIV / LUKK |
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Location: | Chişinău, Moldova |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°55'40"N by 28°55'50"E |
Operator/Owner: | CIA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 399 feet (122 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIV |
More Information: | KIV Maps & Info |
Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):
- McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
- The terminal moved from Las Vegas Boulevard South to Paradise Road, opening on March 15, 1963.
- In 2003 the airport announced it was implementing a baggage-tracking system that will use Radio-frequency identification bag tags from Matrics Inc.
- McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
- Terminal 2 opened on December 18, 1991, as The Charter International Terminal and was used for all international as well as most charter flights into Las Vegas.
- In 2012 McCarran ranked 24th in the world for passenger traffic, with 40,799,830 passengers passing through the terminal.
- The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
Facts about Chișinău International Airport (KIV):
- There are ten check-in desks and four gates at the airport.
- Because of Chișinău International Airport's relatively low elevation of 399 feet, planes can take off or land at Chișinău International 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 furthest airport from Chișinău International Airport (KIV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,191 miles (18,011 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The first scheduled flights to Chișinău started on 24 June 1926, on the route Bucharest – Galați – Chișinău and Iași.
- The Civil Aviation Administration of Moldova has its headquarters on the airport property.Fly Level Flight Training Organisation is developing its main activities on the airport territory since August 2011.
- In addition to being known as "Chișinău International Airport", another name for KIV is "Aeroportul Internațional Chișinău".
- The closest airport to Chișinău International Airport (KIV) is Iași International Airport (IAS), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of KIV.
- Chișinău International Airport (KIV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Chișinău International Airport handled 1,321,362 passengers last year.