Nonstop flight route between Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States and Portland, Oregon, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Los Alamos Airport (LAM), Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States and Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,083 miles (or 1,743 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 Los Alamos Airport and Portland International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAM / KLAM |
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| Location: | Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°52'46"N by 106°16'6"W |
| Area Served: | Los Alamos, New Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Los Alamos |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 7171 feet (2,186 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LAM |
| More Information: | LAM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDX / KPDX |
| Airport Name: | Portland International Airport |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°35'18"N by 122°35'50"W |
| Area Served: | Portland metropolitan area |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PDX |
| More Information: | PDX Maps & Info |
Facts about Los Alamos Airport (LAM):
- 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.
- The closest airport to Los Alamos Airport (LAM) is Ohkay Owingeh Airport (ESO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NE of LAM.
- In addition to being known as "Los Alamos Airport", another name for LAM is "Los Alamos County Airport".
- 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 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.
Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):
- The early 1990s saw a food court and extension added to Concourse C, and the opening of the new Concourse D in 1994.
- Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
- A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility.
- Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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.
- Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
- The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1925 aviation proponents proposed an airport for Portland on Swan Island, northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River.
- PDX has a shopping mall behind its ticketing counters, with all shops and restaurants open every day.
- In the 1980s Air California had nonstop flights to Seattle, Reno and the Bay Area.
