Nonstop flight route between Haiphong, Vietnam and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cat Bi International Airport (HPH), Haiphong, Vietnam and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,628 miles (or 12,276 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 Cat Bi 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 Cat Bi 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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Facts about Cat Bi International Airport (HPH):

• Cat Bi International Airport (HPH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cat Bi International Airport", another name for HPH is "Sân bay Quốc tế Cát Bi".
• Because of Cat Bi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Cat Bi 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 furthest airport from Cat Bi International Airport (HPH) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Cat Bi International Airport (meaning Cat Bi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,236 miles (19,692 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
• The closest airport to Cat Bi International Airport (HPH) is Nội Bài International Airport (HAN), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WNW of HPH.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The "Imperial Hill" area in El Segundo is a prime location for aircraft spotting.
• 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.
• American Airlines' 707-123s flew the first jet passengers out of LAX to New York in January 1959.
• 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 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.
• Mines Field opened as the airport of Los Angeles in 1930 and the city purchased it to be a municipal airfield in 1937.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.