Nonstop flight route between Branson, Missouri, United States and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Branson Airport (BKG), Branson, Missouri, United States and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,430 miles (or 2,301 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 relatively short distance between Branson Airport and Los Angeles International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Branson Airport (BKG):

• There are some unusual consequences of the airport's private ownership.
• The closest airport to Branson Airport (BKG) is M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of BKG.
• Prior to construction of Branson Airport, the closest commercial service airport was Springfield-Branson National Airport 50 miles northwest of Branson.
• The construction of the airport, which involved the flattening of several Ozark Mountains, is claimed to be the largest earthmoving project in Missouri history.
• The furthest airport from Branson Airport (BKG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,835 miles (17,438 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Branson Airport", another name for BKG is "BBG".
• As of August, 2012 Branson Airport offers six nonstop flights with more than 100 connections.
• On August 27, 2012, Southwest Airlines announced they would be taking over all AirTran flights at the airport on March 9, 2013.
• Branson Airport (BKG) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• The airport closed again on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake.
• Mines Field did not extend west of Sepulveda Boulevard.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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.
• It is illegal to limit the number of passengers that use an airport, but in December 2005 the city agreed to limit the passenger gates to 163.
• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• LAX has nine passenger terminals arranged in the shape of the letter U or a horseshoe.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.