Nonstop flight route between Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), Lod (near Tel Aviv), Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,744 miles (or 10,853 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 Ben Gurion 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 Ben Gurion 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):

• 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 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.
• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) has 2 runways.
• Lewiston was served by West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27s during the 1960s.
• Horizon Air began service to Lewiston and Pullman-Moscow in March 1983.SkyWest Airlines initiated service to Lewiston in June 1996 as a Delta feeder, but only for only a year, then returned as the Delta Connection in January 2005.
• The municipal golf course adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon, was designed and built in the early 1970s, and opened in March 1975.
• Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport covers an area of 865 acres at an elevation of 1,442 feet above sea level.

Facts about Ben Gurion Airport (TLV):

• When it was originally built, the short runway was 1,780 m long, making it too short to accommodate most mainline passenger jets.
• The furthest airport from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,672 miles (18,784 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, Terminal 1 was the main terminal building at Ben Gurion Airport.
• The airport was renamed Ben Gurion International Airport in 1973 to honour Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.
• Because of Ben Gurion Airport's relatively low elevation of 134 feet, planes can take off or land at Ben Gurion 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.
• This terminal, built in 1999, was meant to handle the crowds expected in 2000, but never officially opened.
• Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Ben Gurion Airport", another name for TLV is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה בֵּן גּוּרְיוֹן".
• The closest airport to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is Sde Dov Airport (SDV), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of TLV.
• Terminal 3, which opened on 28 October 2004, replaced Terminal 1 as the main international gateway to and from Israel.