Nonstop flight route between Cape Lisburne, Alaska, United States and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR), Cape Lisburne, Alaska, United States and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,948 miles (or 6,354 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 Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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 Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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: | LUR / PALU |
Airport Name: | Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport |
Location: | Cape Lisburne, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 68°52'30"N by 166°6'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUR |
More Information: | LUR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MSY / KMSY |
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Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'35"N by 90°15'29"W |
Area Served: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Operator/Owner: | City of New Orleans |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MSY |
More Information: | MSY Maps & Info |
Facts about Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR):
- The airstrip was conducted in 1952 during the construction of the Cape Lisburne Air Force Station.
- The closest airport to Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR) is Point Hope Airport (PHO), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) SSW of LUR.
- The furthest airport from Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,433 miles (16,790 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport is a military airport located on Cape Lisburne, at the northwest point of the Lisburne Peninsula in the North Slope Borough of the U.S.
- Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Cape Lisburne Airport is a United States Air Force military airstrip.
- Because of Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape Lisburne LRRS 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.
Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):
- On July 11, 2001, the airport was renamed after jazz musician Louis Armstrong in honor of the centennial of his birth.
- Capital Airlines was one of the first airlines to operate jets into New Orleans with the Boeing 720.
- The city chose Iftikhar Ahmad to be the director of aviation.
- Starting in 1946 passengers used a large, hangar-like makeshift structure, until a new terminal complex, designed by Goldstein Parham & Labouisse and Herbert A.
- The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
- The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.
- On November 16, 1959 National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7 flying from Tampa to New Orleans crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
- In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".