Nonstop flight route between Lakeland, Florida, United States and Los Angeles, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL), Lakeland, Florida, United States and Whiteman Airport (WHP), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,184 miles (or 3,515 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 relatively short distance between Lakeland Linder Regional Airport and Whiteman Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAL / KLAL |
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Location: | Lakeland, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°59'20"N by 82°1'6"W |
Area Served: | Lakeland, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lakeland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 142 feet (43 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAL |
More Information: | LAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WHP / KWHP |
Airport Name: | Whiteman Airport |
Location: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°15'33"N by 118°24'48"W |
Operator/Owner: | Los Angeles County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1003 feet (306 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from WHP |
More Information: | WHP Maps & Info |
Facts about Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL):
- The airport possesses a Federal Aviation Regulations Part 139 operating certificate entitling it to conduct commercial passenger aircraft operations and the current terminal facility, which opened in late 2001, was designed to enable it to conduct airline operations with minimal modifications.
- The furthest airport from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Lakeland Linder Regional Airport", another name for LAL is "Drane Field".
- As a result, the Lakeland Municipal Airport remained Lakeland's commercial airport.
- The city had barely begun work on the new airport when, with war already raging in Europe, it leased the facility to the War Department.
- With the closure of Lodwick Aircraft, the city had decided to phase out Lodwick Field as a municipal airport in the summer of 1957 and concentrate its resources on Drane Field in south Lakeland.
- Annually, in the March–April time frame, the airport is host to Sun 'n Fun, a six day Fly-in, airshow and aviation convention.
- The closest airport to Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of LAL.
- Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) has 2 runways.
- The Lakeland VORTAC is physically located on the airfield and all runways have high intensity runway lighting and P4L precision approach path indicator systems.
- Because of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 142 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakeland Linder Regional 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 Whiteman Airport (WHP):
- The airport can handle small aircraft, larger turboprops and jets.
- The furthest airport from Whiteman Airport (WHP) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,467 miles (18,455 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Whiteman Airport is home to Squadron 35 of the Civil Air Patrol, and a branch of the Young Eagles
- Whiteman Airport (WHP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Whiteman Airport (WHP) is Bob Hope Airport (BUR), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of WHP.