Nonstop flight route between Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Nome, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Nome Airport (OME), Nome, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,838 miles (or 4,568 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 Nome 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 Nome 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):

• In 2008 the D Gates NW wing opened with nine more gates.
• In 1978 Senator Howard Cannon pushed the Airline Deregulation Act through Congress.
• 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.
• On April 4, 2007 the consolidated rental car facility opened, 3 miles from the terminals.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• 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 (LAS) has 4 runways.
• McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 33 weekday departures on Western, United, TWA and Bonanza.
• Terminal 3, the largest public works project in Nevada, cost $2.4 billion and was constructed in one phase opening on June 27, 2012.

Facts about Nome Airport (OME):

• The furthest airport from Nome Airport (OME) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,320 miles (16,608 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Nome Airport (OME) is Teller Airport (TLA), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) NNW of OME.
• Located near the airport is a pizza restaurant named Airport Pizza.
• Nome Airport (OME) has 2 runways.
• In World War II, the civilian Nome Airport shared use of the runway with Marks Army Airfield for transfer of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union and in 1942, for air defense of the western coast of Alaska.
• In addition to being known as "Nome Airport", another name for OME is "(former Marks Air Force Base)".
• Because of Nome Airport's relatively low elevation of 37 feet, planes can take off or land at Nome 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.