Nonstop flight route between Faranah, Guinea and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Faranah Airport (FAA), Faranah, Guinea and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,815 miles (or 10,968 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 Faranah 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 Faranah 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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Facts about Faranah Airport (FAA):

• The closest airport to Faranah Airport (FAA) is Kabala Airport (KBA), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) WSW of FAA.
• The furthest airport from Faranah Airport (FAA) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Faranah Airport (meaning Faranah Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• Before the 1930s, existing airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather stations at the airports.
• LAX has been a hub for TWA, Air California, Braniff International, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Pacific Southwest Airlines, US Airways, Western Airlines, and the Flying Tiger Line.
• Starting in the mid-1990s, under Mayors Richard Riordan and James Hahn, modernization and expansion plans for LAX were prepared, only to be stymied by a coalition of residents who live near the airport.
• 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 1958, the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age".
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• In 2000, before Los Angeles hosted the Democratic National Convention, fifteen glass pylons up to ten stories high were placed in a circle around the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Century Boulevard, with more pylons of decreasing height following Century Boulevard eastward, evoking a sense of departure and arrival.
• Mines Field opened as the airport of Los Angeles in 1930 and the city purchased it to be a municipal airfield in 1937.
• 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 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.
• In 1981, LAX began a $700 million expansion in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics.