Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Ikamiut, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States and Ikamiut Heliport (QJI), Ikamiut, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,470 miles (or 5,584 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 Ikamiut Heliport, 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 Ikamiut Heliport. 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 first transcontinental flight, a biplane flown by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, landed in 1911 on Long Beach's sandy beach.
• 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.
• The city continued to show a hostile attitude toward approving a lease on any additional land that the Naval Reserve now required.
• Long Beach Airport has one terminal in Streamline Moderne style that is a historical landmark and was renovated in early 2013.
• Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
• In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan used to fly regularly out of Daugherty Field.
• The Boeing Company maintains production of the C-17 military transport jet.
• 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 (JLB) has 5 runways.
• To attract the United States Navy, the City of Long Beach built a hangar and an administrative building and then offered to lease it to the Navy for $1 a year for the establishment of the Naval Reserve Air Base.
• Between 1990 and 1992, Continental, Delta, TWA, and USAir ended service to the airport, as did American Airlines in early 2006.

Facts about Ikamiut Heliport (QJI):

• Because of Ikamiut Heliport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Ikamiut Heliport 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 Ikamiut Heliport (QJI) is Qasigiannguit Heliport (JCH), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NE of QJI.
• The furthest airport from Ikamiut Heliport (QJI) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,522 miles (16,933 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.