Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Billund, Denmark:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (LGB), Long Beach, California, United States and Billund Airport (BLL), Billund, Denmark would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,516 miles (or 8,877 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 Long Beach Airport and Billund 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 Long Beach Airport and Billund Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Long Beach Airport (LGB):

• As a Naval Reserve Air Base, the mission was to instruct, train and drill Naval Reserve aviation personnel.
• Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
• The Boeing Company maintains production of the C-17 military transport jet.
• The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (LGB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach 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.
• Long Beach Transit Routes 111, 104, 102, and 176 serve the airport.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB) has 5 runways.
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan used to fly regularly out of Daugherty Field.
• The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (LGB) is Long Beach Airport (JLB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of LGB.

Facts about Billund Airport (BLL):

• The closest airport to Billund Airport (BLL) is Esbjerg Airport (EBJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) WSW of BLL.
• Billund Airport (BLL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport's main runway can handle airliners as large as the aforementioned Boeing 747, although most passengers arrive on smaller aeroplanes, such as ATR-42s, Boeing 737s and Boeing 757s.
• In 2008, the entire runway was renovated and paved, and a new taxiway was build, nicknamed "Mike".
• The road distance is to Billund 3 kilometres, to Vejle 28 kilometres, to Kolding 41 kilometres, to Esbjerg 61 kilometres and to Århus 98 kilometres.
• The furthest airport from Billund Airport (BLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,576 miles (18,630 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Billund Airport's relatively low elevation of 247 feet, planes can take off or land at Billund 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.
• Billund Airport located 1 nautical mile northeast of Billund, Denmark, serves as one of Denmark's busiest air cargo centres, as well as a charter airline destination, although some regular airlines also offer flights there.
• In addition to being known as "Billund Airport", another name for BLL is "Billund Lufthavn".