Nonstop flight route between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), Ljubljana, Slovenia and Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL), Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,822 miles (or 7,760 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 Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Albert Lea Municipal 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 Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Albert Lea Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU):

• To the north, a business and logistics center named Aeropolis Ljubljana is planned to be built by 2020.
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport handled 1,321,100 passengers last year.
• Works on the first phase began in early July 2007 to accommodate Slovenia's entry into the Schengen zone in December 2007.
• The furthest airport from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,879 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport has a 3,300 m × 45 m paved runway which is equipped with ILS Cat IIIb on runway 30.
• The closest airport to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) N of LJU.
• In addition to being known as "Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport", another name for LJU is "Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana".
• The runway of Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport was closed to air traffic in April 2010 during which time, the entire length of the asphalt surface of the runway was renovated, as well as the asphalt surface on some parts of the taxiways.

Facts about Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL):

• From 1990-2008 Albert Lea was the host site for the International Aerobatic Club Doug Yost Challenge Aerobatic Competition.
• The furthest airport from Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,773 miles (17,338 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Albert Lea Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles north of the central business district of the city of Albert Lea, in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.
• The closest airport to Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL) is Austin Municipal Airport (AUM), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of AEL.
• Albert Lea Municipal Airport was recently granted over $3 million in federal economic stimulus funds to relocate the main runway.
• Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL) has 2 runways.