Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Munich, Bavaria, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lompoc Airport (LPC), Lompoc, California, United States and Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,991 miles (or 9,641 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 Munich 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 Munich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lompoc Airport (LPC):

• The closest airport to Lompoc Airport (LPC) is Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) NW of LPC.
• Lompoc Airport (LPC) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• Terminal 2 has two main departure level, 04 and 05 and additional bus gates on the lower level 03.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• A third runway would increase the number schedulable aircraft movements per hour from 90 to 120.
• The airport is named after Franz Josef Strauß, who played a prominent, albeit sometimes controversial role in politics of the Federal Republic of Germany from the 1950s until his death in 1988.
• Munich Airport, is the international airport of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria in Germany.
• The terminal is operated by Terminal-2-Betriebsgesellschaft, which is owned by Flughafen München GmbH and Lufthansa.
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.