Nonstop flight route between Los Angeles, California, United States and Contadora Island, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States and Contadora Airport (OTD), Contadora Island, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,049 miles (or 4,907 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 Contadora 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 Contadora 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):

• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• LAX has been a hub for TWA, Air California, Braniff International, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Pacific Southwest Airlines, US Airways, Western Airlines, and the Flying Tiger Line.
• In 2012, LAX was the sixth busiest airport in the world by passenger volume with 63,688,121 passengers, an increase of 3% from 2011.
• 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.
• On July 10, 1956, Boeing's 707 prototype visited LAX.
• In 1958, the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age".
• 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.
• 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 (LAX) has 4 runways.
• In 1981, LAX began a $700 million expansion in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Facts about Contadora Airport (OTD):

• In addition to being known as "Contadora Airport", another name for OTD is "Aeropuerto de Contadora".
• The closest airport to Contadora Airport (OTD) is Tocumen International Airport (PTY), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NW of OTD.
• The furthest airport from Contadora Airport (OTD) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Contadora Airport (meaning Contadora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,094 miles (19,464 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.