Nonstop flight route between Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Kokkola / Jakobstad, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK), Kokkola / Jakobstad, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,173 miles (or 8,326 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 McCarran International Airport and Kokkola-Pietarsaari 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 McCarran International Airport and Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• The largest scheduled airlines at McCarran by passengers carried in the first 11 months of 2009 are Southwest Airlines, US Airways/US Airways Express, United Airlines/United Express, Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection, and American Airlines.
• In 2003 the airport announced it was implementing a baggage-tracking system that will use Radio-frequency identification bag tags from Matrics Inc.
• American aviator George Crockett, a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett, established Alamo Airport in 1942 on the site currently occupied by McCarran International.
• In 2012 McCarran ranked 24th in the world for passenger traffic, with 40,799,830 passengers passing through the terminal.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Due to Continental Airlines moving into the Star Alliance, along with cost-cutting moves at US Airways because of the 2008 night-flight hub closure, the US Airways Club was closed on September 13, 2009.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.

Facts about Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK):

• In addition to being known as "Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport", another name for KOK is "Karleby-Jakobstad flygplatsKokkola-Pietarsaaren lentoasema".
• The furthest airport from Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,860 miles (17,477 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK) is Kauhava Airport (KAU), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) S of KOK.
• Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport (KOK) has 2 runways.
• Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport handled 94,684 passengers last year.
• Because of Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Kokkola-Pietarsaari 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.