Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Covilhã, Portugal:
Departure Airport:

Arrival Airport:

Distance from LPC to COV:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- LPC Airport Information
- COV Airport Information
- Facts about LPC
- Facts about COV
- Map of Nearest Airports to LPC
- List of Nearest Airports to LPC
- Map of Furthest Airports from LPC
- List of Furthest Airports from LPC
- Map of Nearest Airports to COV
- List of Nearest Airports to COV
- Map of Furthest Airports from COV
- List of Furthest Airports from COV
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lompoc Airport (LPC), Lompoc, California, United States and Covilhã Airport (COV), Covilhã, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,732 miles (or 9,225 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 Lompoc Airport and Covilhã 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 Lompoc Airport and Covilhã Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPC / KLPC |
Airport Name: | Lompoc Airport |
Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°39'56"N by 120°28'3"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lompoc |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 88 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPC |
More Information: | LPC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COV / LPCV |
Airport Name: | Covilhã Airport |
Location: | Covilhã, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°15'52"N by 7°28'48"W |
Elevation: | 1572 feet (479 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from COV |
More Information: | COV Maps & Info |
Facts about Lompoc Airport (LPC):
- Because of Lompoc Airport's relatively low elevation of 88 feet, planes can take off or land at Lompoc 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 closest airport to Lompoc Airport (LPC) is Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) NW of LPC.
- The furthest airport from Lompoc Airport (LPC) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,482 miles (18,478 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Lompoc Airport (LPC) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Covilhã Airport (COV):
- The closest airport to Covilhã Airport (COV) is Coimbra Airport (CBP), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) W of COV.
- Covilhã Airport (COV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Covilhã Airport (COV) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Covilhã Airport (meaning Covilhã Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.