Nonstop flight route between Angleton / Lake Jackson, Texas, United States and Leshukonskoye, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN), Angleton / Lake Jackson, Texas, United States and Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG), Leshukonskoye, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,616 miles (or 9,037 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Leshukonskoye 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 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Leshukonskoye Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN):

• In addition to being known as "Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport", another name for LJN is "LBX".
• Because of Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Texas Gulf Coast Regional 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.
• On March 24, 2010, the Brazoria County Commissioners' Court voted to change the name of the airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, effective October 1, 2010.
• The airport's on-site restaurant, the Windsock Restaurant, closed in February 2011.
• Following the opening of the Brazoria County Airport, Metro Airlines, which by then had changed its name from Houston Metro Airlines, occasionally used larger, flight attendant staffed Short 330 commuter airliner turboprops in addition to the smaller de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL turboprops on flights to and from Houston Intercontinental.
• The closest airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) is Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of LJN.
• The furthest airport from Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,026 miles (17,744 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport was linked to the national airway grid with regularly scheduled airline service.

Facts about Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG):

• Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) is Talagi Airport (ARH), which is located 149 miles (240 kilometers) W of LDG.
• Because of Leshukonskoye Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Leshukonskoye 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.
• The furthest airport from Leshukonskoye Airport (LDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,269 miles (16,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.