Nonstop flight route between Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico and Bagram, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC), Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,736 miles (or 14,059 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 Lázaro Cárdenas Airport and Bagram Airfield, 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 Lázaro Cárdenas Airport and Bagram Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LZC / MMLC |
Airport Name: | Lázaro Cárdenas Airport |
Location: | Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°0'6"N by 102°13'13"W |
Operator/Owner: | Gobierno |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 39 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LZC |
More Information: | LZC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OAI / OAIX |
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Location: | Bagram, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°56'46"N by 69°15'52"E |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 4895 feet (1,492 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OAI |
More Information: | OAI Maps & Info |
Facts about Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC):
- The closest airport to Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) is Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) ESE of LZC.
- The furthest airport from Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Lázaro Cárdenas Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Lázaro Cárdenas 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.
- Lázaro Cárdenas Airport (LZC) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):
- Early on the morning of 30 December 2010, Taliban militants fired two rockets on Bagram though no casualties were reported.
- Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bagram Airfield's high elevation of 4,895 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OAI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OAI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
- The furthest airport from Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
- During the US-led invasion of Afghanistan the base was secured by a team from the British Special Boat Service.
- The ICAO ID is OAIX and it is specifically at 34.944N, 69.259E at 1,492 metres above sea level.
- In March 2010, the U.S.