Nonstop flight route between Lamar, Colorado, United States and Windhoek, Namibia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA), Lamar, Colorado, United States and Eros Airport (ERS), Windhoek, Namibia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,756 miles (or 14,091 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 Lamar Municipal Airport and Eros 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 Lamar Municipal Airport and Eros Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAA / KLAA |
| Airport Name: | Lamar Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Lamar, Colorado, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°4'10"N by 102°41'18"W |
| Area Served: | Lamar, Colorado |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Lamar |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3706 feet (1,130 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LAA |
| More Information: | LAA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERS / FYWE |
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| Location: | Windhoek, Namibia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°36'43"S by 17°4'50"E |
| Area Served: | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5575 feet (1,699 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ERS |
| More Information: | ERS Maps & Info |
Facts about Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA):
- The closest airport to Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) W of LAA.
- Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,574 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport covers 557 acres at an elevation of 3,706 feet.
- Lamar Municipal Airport is in Prowers County, Colorado, three miles southwest of Lamar, which owns it.
Facts about Eros Airport (ERS):
- The airport resides at an elevation of 5,575 feet above mean sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Eros Airport", another name for ERS is "Windhoek Eros Airport".
- The furthest airport from Eros Airport (ERS) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Eros Airport (meaning Eros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,232 miles (19,686 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Eros Airport (ERS) is Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of ERS.
- Because of Eros Airport's high elevation of 5,575 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ERS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ERS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In January 2008, a Cessna 210 crashed after take off killing the pilot and all 6 tourists on board.
- Eros Airport (ERS) has 2 runways.
