Nonstop flight route between Chengdu, Sichuan, China and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,193 miles (or 11,576 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Los Angeles 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):

• In addition to being known as "Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport", other names for CTU include "成都双流国际机场" and "Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng".
• One of the lifts of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (meaning Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• A large-scale expansion was conducted on flight area and navigation area from 1994 to 2001.
• The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.
• Planes of Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines in Airside Concourse C
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.
• Terminal 2 under construction
• The construction of its second runway started from late 2008 and has started service in December 2009.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• 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.
• American Airlines' 707-123s flew the first jet passengers out of LAX to New York in January 1959.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 2012, LAX was the sixth busiest airport in the world by passenger volume with 63,688,121 passengers, an increase of 3% from 2011.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• LAX serves as a hub for American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, and Great Lakes Airlines.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• The airport closed again on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake.
• LAX has nine passenger terminals arranged in the shape of the letter U or a horseshoe.
• The April 1957 Official Airline Guide showed 66 weekday departures on United Airlines, 32 American Airlines, 32 Western Airlines, 27 TWA, nine Southwest, five Bonanza Air Lines and three Mexicana Airlines.
• 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.