Nonstop flight route between Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States and Melangguane, North Sulawesi, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Alamos Airport (LAM), Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States and Melangguane Airport (MNA), Melangguane, North Sulawesi, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,049 miles (or 12,954 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 Los Alamos Airport and Melangguane 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 Los Alamos Airport and Melangguane Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Los Alamos Airport (LAM):

• The furthest airport from Los Alamos Airport (LAM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,157 miles (17,956 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Los Alamos Airport", another name for LAM is "Los Alamos County Airport".
• The airport was built in 1947 by the Atomic Energy Commission as part of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, but the federal government transferred the facility to county ownership in 2008.
• Los Alamos Airport (LAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of the restricted airspace immediately to the south of the runway, and the noise-sensitive residential area just west of the runway, Los Alamos Airport employs a non-standard traffic pattern.
• Because of Los Alamos Airport's high elevation of 7,171 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LAM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LAM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Los Alamos Airport (LAM) is Ohkay Owingeh Airport (ESO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NE of LAM.

Facts about Melangguane Airport (MNA):

• The furthest airport from Melangguane Airport (MNA) is Altamira Airport (ATM), which is nearly antipodal to Melangguane Airport (meaning Melangguane Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Altamira Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Altamira, Pará, Brazil.
• Melangguane Airport (MNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Melangguane Airport", another name for MNA is "Bandara Melonguane".
• Because of Melangguane Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Melangguane 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 closest airport to Melangguane Airport (MNA) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) WSW of MNA.