Nonstop flight route between Hampton, Virginia, United States and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Langley Field (LFI), Hampton, Virginia, United States and Ouagadougou Airport (OUA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,876 miles (or 7,847 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 Langley Field and Ouagadougou 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 Langley Field and Ouagadougou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Langley Field (LFI):

• Army Air Forces Training Command
• In 1917, the new proving ground was designated Langley Field for one of America's early air pioneers, Samuel Pierpont Langley.
• In January 1976 the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing was transferred to Langley from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida with the mission of maintaining combat capability for rapid global deployment to conduct air superiority operations.
• The closest airport to Langley Field (LFI) is Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) WNW of LFI.
• The furthest airport from Langley Field (LFI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Airpower over Hampton Roads is a recurring airshow held at Langley in the spring.
• In the early 1920s, Langley became the site where the new air power concept was tried and proven.
• In 1916, the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics, predecessor to NASA, established the need for a joint airfield and proving ground for Army, Navy and NACA aircraft.
• Throughout the 1930s Langley Field occupied a princlpal position in the Army's efforts to strengthen the offensive and defensive posture of its air arm.

Facts about Ouagadougou Airport (OUA):

• The furthest airport from Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Ouagadougou Airport (meaning Ouagadougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,169 miles (19,583 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
• Ouagadougou Airport handled 347,308 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) is Kaya Airport (XKY), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NNE of OUA.
• Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) has 2 runways.