Nonstop flight route between Forrest, Western Australia, Australia and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Forrest Airport (FOS), Forrest, Western Australia, Australia and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,619 miles (or 13,872 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 Forrest 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 Forrest 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 Forrest Airport (FOS):

• The furthest airport from Forrest Airport (FOS) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is located 11,677 miles (18,792 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Because of Forrest Airport's relatively low elevation of 511 feet, planes can take off or land at Forrest 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.
• The closest airport to Forrest Airport (FOS) is Ceduna Airport (CED), which is located 341 miles (550 kilometers) ESE of FOS.
• Forrest Airport (FOS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Before the 1930s, existing airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather stations at the airports.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• In 1928, the Los Angeles City Council selected 640 acres in the southern part of Westchester for a new airport for the city.
• 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.
• The "Imperial Hill" area in El Segundo is a prime location for aircraft spotting.
• Since the 1920s, a neighborhood called Surfridge had been on the coastline west of the airport, part of the larger community of Palisades del Rey along with the neighborhood to the north now known as Playa del Rey.
• 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 handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.