Nonstop flight route between Lanai City, Hawaii, United States and Charlotte, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lanai Airport (LNY), Lanai City, Hawaii, United States and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Charlotte, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,635 miles (or 7,460 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 Lanai Airport and Charlotte Douglas 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 Lanai Airport and Charlotte Douglas 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 Lanai Airport (LNY):

• Lanai Airport (LNY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lanai Airport (LNY) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Lanai Airport (meaning Lanai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• The closest airport to Lanai Airport (LNY) is Kapalua Airport (JHM), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NE of LNY.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 52,075 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 42,594 enplanements in 2009, and 43,922 in 2010.
• In addition to being known as "Lanai Airport", another name for LNY is "Lānaʻi Airport".

Facts about Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT):

• The August 1, 2013 court date yielded a verdict that the transfer, should it occur, would need prior approval from the FAA, a division of the US Department of Transportation, currently headed by former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, who has officially recused himself from the matter.
• In 1954 a 70,000-square-foot passenger terminal opened and the airport was renamed Douglas Municipal Airport in honor of former Charlotte Mayor Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport handled 41,228,372 passengers last year.
• Construction involved two phases.
• In 1999, plans were announced for the construction of a regional carrier concourse and for the expansion of Concourses A and D.
• After airline deregulation in 1978, passenger numbers at the terminal nearly doubled between 1978 and 1980, and a new 10,000-foot parallel runway and control tower opened in 1979.
• The closest airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) is Wilgrove Air Park (QWG), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) W of CLT.
• The furthest airport from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,521 miles (18,541 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Two years later in 1969, a new enclosed concourse was built parallel to the center pier.
• Because of Charlotte Douglas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 748 feet, planes can take off or land at Charlotte Douglas International 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.
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) has 4 runways.
• A major renovation project in the late 1960s expanded the facility considerably.