Nonstop flight route between Lorient, France and Tin City, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT), Lorient, France and Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC), Tin City, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,563 miles (or 7,344 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 Lorient South Brittany Airport and Tin City LRRS 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 Lorient South Brittany Airport and Tin City LRRS Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LRT / LFRH |
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Location: | Lorient, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'38"N by 3°26'23"W |
Area Served: | Lorient, France |
Operator/Owner: | Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Fleet Air Arm |
Airport Type: | Joint Mil-Civ airfield |
Elevation: | 160 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LRT |
More Information: | LRT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TNC / PATC |
Airport Name: | Tin City LRRS Airport |
Location: | Tin City, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°33'47"N by 167°55'18"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 269 feet (82 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TNC |
More Information: | TNC Maps & Info |
Facts about Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT):
- Because of Lorient South Brittany Airport's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at Lorient South Brittany 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.
- Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) is Meucon Airport (VNE), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) E of LRT.
- The furthest airport from Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) is Oamaru Airport (OAM), which is nearly antipodal to Lorient South Brittany Airport (meaning Lorient South Brittany Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Oamaru Airport), and is located 12,112 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Lorient South Brittany Airport", another name for LRT is "Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud".
Facts about Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC):
- The closest airport to Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NW of TNC.
- Because of Tin City LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Tin City LRRS 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 furthest airport from Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,379 miles (16,703 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- The airstrip was conducted in 1951 during the construction of the Tin City Air Force Station.
- Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) currently has only 1 runway.