Nonstop flight route between Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Almaty, Kazakhstan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Almaty International Airport (ALA), Almaty, Kazakhstan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,178 miles (or 9,942 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 Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport and Almaty 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 Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport and Almaty 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 Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS):

• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport covers an area of 865 acres at an elevation of 1,442 feet above sea level.
• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) has 2 runways.
• This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
• The 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's contract control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
• The airport began as a Chamber of Commerce project in 1931, and the original runway was paved in 1942.
• The closest airport to Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) N of LWS.
• The short-lived Gem State Airlines of Coeur d'Alene served Lewiston for 11 months, until November 1979.Mountain West Airlines of Boise served Lewiston for less than three months before folding in early March 1981.Big Sky Airlines of Billings briefly served Lewiston in 1979.
• The furthest airport from Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,717 miles (17,248 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Almaty International Airport (ALA):

• The furthest airport from Almaty International Airport (ALA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,261 miles (18,123 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• On 9 July 1999 a fire started in the shashlik kitchen of the airport restaurant.
• Almaty International Airport (ALA) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Almaty International Airport", other names for ALA include "Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы" and "Международный Аэропорт Алматы".
• The closest airport to Almaty International Airport (ALA) is Manas International Airport (FRU), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) W of ALA.
• The supersonic transport Tupolev Tu-144 went into service on 26 December 1975, flying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passenger services, which commenced in November 1977.