Nonstop flight route between Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Ulan Bator, Mongolia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN), Ulan Bator, Mongolia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,142 miles (or 9,884 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 Lincoln Airport and Chinggis Khaan International 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 Lincoln Airport and Chinggis Khaan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lincoln Airport (LNK):

• The airport's main runway was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter.
• In 1952 the facility was re-opened as Lincoln Air Force Base.
• During World War II, the airfield was named Lincoln Army Air Field and used for mechanics and flight-crew training.
• Lincoln Airport (LNK) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,635 miles (17,115 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of LNK.

Facts about Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN):

• The furthest airport from Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (meaning Chinggis Khaan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport is the international airport serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, situated 18 km southwest of the capital.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) has 2 runways.
• The terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in 1986.
• In addition to being known as "Chinggis Khaan International Airport", another name for ULN is "Чингис хаан олон улсын нисэх буудалᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ  ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ".
• Because of Chinggis Khaan International Airport's high elevation of 4,364 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ULN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ULN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport handled 1,098,865 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Mandalgovi Airport (MXW), which is located 145 miles (234 kilometers) S of ULN.
• The airport was named after Chinggis Khaan to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on 21 December 2005.