Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States and Mytilene International Airport (MJT), Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,919 miles (or 11,136 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 Long Beach Airport and Mytilene 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 Long Beach Airport and Mytilene 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 Long Beach Airport (JLB):

• The Long Beach Airport has an aggressive noise abatement program which includes three full-time noise specialists.
• Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach 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.
• Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.
• The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
• The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
• In 1981, the startup airline Jet America began non-stop MD-80 service to Chicago and, in 1982, to Dallas-Fort Worth.
• In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".
• Long Beach Transit Routes 111, 104, 102, and 176 serve the airport.
• The city continued to show a hostile attitude toward approving a lease on any additional land that the Naval Reserve now required.
• This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,413,251 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,401,903 in 2009 and 1,451,404 in 2010.

Facts about Mytilene International Airport (MJT):

• In addition to being known as "Mytilene International Airport", other names for MJT include "Odysseas Elytis" and "Διεθνής Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Μυτιλήνης Οδυσσέας Ελύτης"".
• Mytilene International Airport (MJT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mytilene International Airport (MJT) is Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport (Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport) (EDO), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNE of MJT.
• The furthest airport from Mytilene International Airport (MJT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,282 miles (18,156 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Mytilene International Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Mytilene 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.