Nonstop flight route between Los Angeles, California, United States and Artigas, Artigas, Uruguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States and Artigas International Airport (ATI), Artigas, Artigas, Uruguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,003 miles (or 9,660 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 Angeles International Airport and Artigas International 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 Angeles International Airport and Artigas International 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 Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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.
• The airport closed again on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• On July 10, 1956, Boeing's 707 prototype visited LAX.
• Today, LAX is in the midst of a $4.11 billion renovation and improvement program to expand and rehabilitate the Tom Bradley International Terminal to accommodate the next generation of larger aircraft, as well as handle the growing number of flights to and from the Southern California region, and to develop the Central Terminal Area of the airport to include streamlined passenger processing, public transportation and updated central utility plants.
• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In addition to these terminals, there are 2,000,000 square feet of cargo facilities at LAX, and a heliport operated by Bravo Aviation.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• On July 8, 1982, groundbreaking for the two new terminals were conducted by Mayor Tom Bradley and World War II aviator General James Doolittle.
• In 1981, LAX began a $700 million expansion in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
• Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.

Facts about Artigas International Airport (ATI):

• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Artigas.
• The closest airport to Artigas International Airport (ATI) is Ruben Berta International Airport (URG), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NW of ATI.
• The furthest airport from Artigas International Airport (ATI) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Artigas International Airport (meaning Artigas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,362 miles (19,895 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
• Because of Artigas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 410 feet, planes can take off or land at Artigas 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.
• Artigas International Airport (ATI) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Artigas International Airport", another name for ATI is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas".