Nonstop flight route between Long Beach, California, United States and Katima Mulilo, Namibia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Long Beach Airport (LGB), Long Beach, California, United States and Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA), Katima Mulilo, Namibia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,859 miles (or 15,866 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 Katima Mulilo 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 Katima Mulilo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGB / KLGB |
| Airport Name: | Long Beach Airport |
| Location: | Long Beach, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°49'4"N by 118°9'6"W |
| Area Served: | Los Angeles and Orange counties |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Long Beach |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 5 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGB |
| More Information: | LGB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPA / FYKM |
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| Location: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'3"S by 24°10'35"E |
| Area Served: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3144 feet (958 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MPA |
| More Information: | MPA Maps & Info |
Facts about Long Beach Airport (LGB):
- The Navy there upon, fed up with the city of Long Beach, decided upon the purchase of some property owned by a Mrs.
- The Long Beach Airport has an aggressive noise abatement program which includes three full-time noise specialists.
- Air cargo carriers, including FedEx and UPS, also use LGB.
- 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.
- Long Beach Airport (LGB) has 5 runways.
- In 2009 Mario Rodriguez was appointed director.
- In 1981, the startup airline Jet America began non-stop MD-80 service to Chicago and, in 1982, to Dallas-Fort Worth.
- The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (LGB) is Long Beach Airport (JLB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of LGB.
- 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 Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
Facts about Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA):
- The furthest airport from Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Katima Mulilo Airport (meaning Katima Mulilo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kasane Airport (BBK), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) ESE of MPA.
- In addition to being known as "Katima Mulilo Airport", another name for MPA is "Mpacha Airport".
