Nonstop flight route between Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Luena Airport (LUO), Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,402 miles (or 15,131 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 Luena 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 Luena 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 Luena Airport (LUO):

• In addition to being known as "Luena Airport", other names for LUO include "Aeroporto de Luena/Luso (Luena)" and "Aeroporto de Luena".
• Luena Airport (LUO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Luena Airport (LUO) is Cangamba Airport (CNZ), which is located 134 miles (216 kilometers) S of LUO.
• Because of Luena Airport's high elevation of 4,360 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Luena Airport (LUO) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is located 11,824 miles (19,028 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• The distinctive white googie "Theme Building", designed by Pereira & Luckman architect Paul Williams and constructed in 1961 by Robert E.
• On July 10, 1956, Boeing's 707 prototype visited LAX.
• 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.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• In 1981, LAX began a $700 million expansion in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
• 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.
• Today, LAX is in the midst of a $4.11 billion renovation and improvement program to expand and rehabilitate the Tom Bradley International Terminal to accommodate the next generation of larger aircraft, as well as handle the growing number of flights to and from the Southern California region, and to develop the Central Terminal Area of the airport to include streamlined passenger processing, public transportation and updated central utility plants.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• 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.