Nonstop flight route between Los Angeles, California, United States and Manado, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States and Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC), Manado, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,664 miles (or 12,334 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 Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA), 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 Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA). 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):

• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• 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 closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• American Airlines' 707-123s flew the first jet passengers out of LAX to New York in January 1959.
• 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.
• LAX is the busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
• It is illegal to limit the number of passengers that use an airport, but in December 2005 the city agreed to limit the passenger gates to 163.
• Starting in the mid-1990s, under Mayors Richard Riordan and James Hahn, modernization and expansion plans for LAX were prepared, only to be stymied by a coalition of residents who live near the airport.
• In 1996 a $29 million, 277-foot-tall air traffic control tower was built near the Theme Building.
• LAX has nine passenger terminals arranged in the shape of the letter U or a horseshoe.

Facts about Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC):

• Construction began in 1998 on a new terminal with funds from the Asian Development Bank and Government of Indonesia.
• The furthest airport from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM), which is nearly antipodal to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (meaning Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Santarém, Pará, Brazil.
• Because of Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)'s relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)", another name for MDC is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sam Ratulangi".
• Sam Ratulangi International Airport, also known as Manado International Airport, is located in North Sulawesi, 13 kilometres northeast of Manado.
• Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Plenty of metered-taxis standby at the airport until the last flight of the day arrives.
• The closest airport to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is located 153 miles (247 kilometers) NNE of MDC.