Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Moscow, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME), Moscow, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,683 miles (or 7,537 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 LaGuardia Airport and Moscow Domodedovo 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 LaGuardia Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In April 2010, Port Authority director Christopher Ward announced that the agency had hired consultants to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of LaGuardia's Central Terminal.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
• The New York City metropolitan area's JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International airports combine to create the largest airport system in the United States, second in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in the world in terms of total flight operations.
• The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.
• LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other, the longest being 6,000 ft.

Facts about Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME):

• Because of Moscow Domodedovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 588 feet, planes can take off or land at Moscow Domodedovo 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.
• Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) has 3 runways.
• The head office of Transaero is located on the airport property.Russian Sky Airlines has its head office on the airport property.
• Services from Domodedovo began in March 1964 with a flight to Sverdlovsk using a Tupolev 104.
• In addition to being known as "Moscow Domodedovo Airport", another name for DME is "Московский аэропорт Домодедово".
• The furthest airport from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,726 miles (17,262 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Bykovo Airport (BKA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNE of DME.
• In 2003, the airport began an expansion program designed to obtain approval for wide-body aircraft operations.
• East Line's strategic goal to stabilize the airport's future and to establish Domodedovo as an important international and multi-modal transportation hub was gradually achieved throughout the 2000s.
• The airport has several long and short term parking lots.