Nonstop flight route between Long Apung, Indonesia and San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Apung Airport (LPU), Long Apung, Indonesia and Gillespie Field (SEE), San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,299 miles (or 13,356 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 Long Apung Airport and Gillespie Field, 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 Long Apung Airport and Gillespie Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Long Apung Airport (LPU):

• The furthest airport from Long Apung Airport (LPU) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Long Apung Airport (meaning Long Apung Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,319 miles (19,826 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Long Apung Airport (LPU) is Datadawai Airport (DTD), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SSW of LPU.
• In addition to being known as "Long Apung Airport", another name for LPU is "WALP".
• Long Apung Airport (LPU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Gillespie Field (SEE):

• The closest airport to Gillespie Field (SEE) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) W of SEE.
• The FAA says in 2010 Gillespie Field was the 44th busiest airport in the United States.
• Gillespie Field (SEE) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gillespie Field (SEE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,534 miles (18,562 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Gillespie Field's relatively low elevation of 388 feet, planes can take off or land at Gillespie Field 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.
• In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.