Nonstop flight route between Laï, Chad and Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laï Airport (LTC), Laï, Chad and Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,222 miles (or 13,233 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 Laï Airport and Oakland 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 Laï Airport and Oakland International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Laï Airport (LTC):

• In addition to being known as "Laï Airport", another name for LTC is "Laï Airport (Laï)".
• The closest airport to Laï Airport (LTC) is Moundou Airport (MQQ), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SSW of LTC.
• Laï Airport (LTC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Laï Airport (LTC) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Laï Airport (meaning Laï Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.

Facts about Oakland International Airport (OAK):

• United Airlines vacated its 300,000 sq ft Oakland Maintenance Center in May 2003 and transferred work to its base at San Francisco International Airport.
• A groundbreaking ceremony for a new control tower took place October 15, 2010.
• The furthest airport from Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,354 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The top five airlines by passenger count between February 2012 – January 2013 were Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Allegiant, Skywest.
• Because of Oakland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Oakland 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.
• For the airport in Oakland County, Michigan, see Oakland County International Airport.
• Even at the completion of these projects, there is already demand driving the need for additional infrastructure improvements.
• Allegiant Air inaugurated service at OAK in February 2009, with Bellingham, Washington twice weekly.
• The closest airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of OAK.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) has 4 runways.
• During the Vietnam War, World Airways shuttled thousands of military passengers through Oakland to their bases in Southeast Asia, and an International Arrivals facility was built, allowing the airport to handle international flights for the first time.