Nonstop flight route between Niamtougou, Togo and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Niamtougou International Airport (LRL), Niamtougou, Togo and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,457 miles (or 12,001 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 Niamtougou International Airport and Los Angeles 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 Niamtougou International Airport and Los Angeles 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 Niamtougou International Airport (LRL):

• The closest airport to Niamtougou International Airport (LRL) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) E of LRL.
• Niamtougou International Airport (LRL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Niamtougou International Airport (LRL) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Niamtougou International Airport (meaning Niamtougou International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,765 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• Mines Field opened as the airport of Los Angeles in 1930 and the city purchased it to be a municipal airfield in 1937.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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.
• On July 8, 1982, groundbreaking for the two new terminals were conducted by Mayor Tom Bradley and World War II aviator General James Doolittle.
• Since the 1920s, a neighborhood called Surfridge had been on the coastline west of the airport, part of the larger community of Palisades del Rey along with the neighborhood to the north now known as Playa del Rey.
• The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• On Friday, October 12, Endeavour left the hangar at 2:00 a.m.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
• Starting in the mid-1990s, under Mayors Richard Riordan and James Hahn, modernization and expansion plans for LAX were prepared, only to be stymied by a coalition of residents who live near the airport.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.