Nonstop flight route between Ulanhot, China and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ulanhot Airport (HLH), Ulanhot, China and Lakefront Airport (NEW), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,801 miles (or 10,945 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 Ulanhot Airport and Lakefront 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 Ulanhot Airport and Lakefront Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ulanhot Airport (HLH):

• The furthest airport from Ulanhot Airport (HLH) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Ulanhot Airport (meaning Ulanhot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,057 miles (19,404 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to Ulanhot Airport (HLH) is Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE), which is located 126 miles (202 kilometers) NW of HLH.
• Because of Ulanhot Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ulanhot 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.

Facts about Lakefront Airport (NEW):

• The furthest airport from Lakefront Airport (NEW) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,127 miles (17,908 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Lakefront Airport (NEW) has 3 runways.
• Post-Katrina reconstruction at the airport has included restoration of the main terminal building's original Art Deco facade.
• The closest airport to Lakefront Airport (NEW) is Southern Seaplane Airport (BCS), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) S of NEW.
• In addition to being known as "Lakefront Airport", another name for NEW is "(former New Orleans Army Air Base)".
• On January 23, 2010 a United States Navy Beechcraft T-34 Mentor training aircraft crashed into Lake Ponchartrain just over one mile from the approach end of the airport.
• Originally the major commercial airport in the New Orleans area, Lakefront Airport relinquished that role in 1946 when commercial airline service began from Louis Armstrong International Airport, a significantly larger facility located in the nearby suburb of Kenner.
• Because of Lakefront Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakefront 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.
• Lakefront Airport was damaged by hurricane-force winds and the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and a number of the hangars and outlying buildings were destroyed.