Nonstop flight route between Leribe, Lesotho and St. Augustine, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Leribe Airport (LRB), Leribe, Lesotho and Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), St. Augustine, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,259 miles (or 13,292 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 Leribe Airport and Northeast Florida Regional 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 Leribe Airport and Northeast Florida Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LRB / FXLR |
Airport Name: | Leribe Airport |
Location: | Leribe, Lesotho |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°51'20"S by 28°3'10"E |
Area Served: | Leribe/Hlotse |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5350 feet (1,631 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LRB |
More Information: | LRB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UST / KSGJ |
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Location: | St. Augustine, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°57'33"N by 81°20'22"W |
Operator/Owner: | St. Augustine - St. Johns County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 6 |
View all routes: | Routes from UST |
More Information: | UST Maps & Info |
Facts about Leribe Airport (LRB):
- Because of Leribe Airport's high elevation of 5,350 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LRB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LRB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Leribe Airport (LRB) is Moshoeshoe I International Airport (MSU), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) SW of LRB.
- Leribe Airport (LRB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Leribe Airport (LRB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,824 miles (19,030 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST):
- In addition to being known as "Northeast Florida Regional Airport", another name for UST is "SGJ".
- Because of Northeast Florida Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Northeast Florida Regional 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 Airport Authority staff currently numbers 11 employees tasked with administration and maintenance of the airport, while the airport's control tower was passed from a periodic operation by Northrop Grumman to a full-time operation as a Level I Air Traffic Control Tower under the auspices of the FAA's Contract Tower Program.
- The closest airport to Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is NAS Jacksonville (NIP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of UST.
- Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) has 6 runways.
- The furthest airport from Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,485 miles (18,483 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Airport improvements continued in the 1990s.