Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,101 miles (or 3,381 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and McCarran International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):

• Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres to serve the Baltimore/Washington area began just after the end of World War II.
• The airport has been a backdrop in numerous films, including The Silence of the Lambs, Goldfinger, Broadcast News, and Twelve Monkeys.
• The Federal Aviation Administration is currently in the process of designing a new air traffic control tower that will replace the current tower.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Tipton Airport (FME), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of BWI.
• Because of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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.
• BWI is currently the busiest airport within the Baltimore–Washington area with 11,067,317 boardings in 2011.
• The furthest airport from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,691 miles (18,814 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• Due to Continental Airlines moving into the Star Alliance, along with cost-cutting moves at US Airways because of the 2008 night-flight hub closure, the US Airways Club was closed on September 13, 2009.
• The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 33 weekday departures on Western, United, TWA and Bonanza.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• In the 1990s all gates and check in counters were upgraded to use a common set of computer hardware.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• 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.
• In 1998 the D Gates SE and SW wings designed by Leo A Daly and Tate & Snyder opened adding 28 gates.