Nonstop flight route between Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), Lewiston, Idaho, United States and Ushuaia International Airport (USH), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,549 miles (or 12,148 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 Ushuaia 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 Ushuaia International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWS / KLWS |
Airport Name: | Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport |
Location: | Lewiston, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°22'27"N by 117°0'55"W |
Area Served: | Lewiston, Idaho Clarkston, Washington |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lewiston & Nez Perce County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1442 feet (440 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LWS |
More Information: | LWS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | USH / SAWH |
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Location: | Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°50'35"S by 68°17'44"W |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 102 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from USH |
More Information: | USH Maps & Info |
Facts about Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS):
- Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) has 2 runways.
- 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 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 municipal golf course adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon, was designed and built in the early 1970s, and opened in March 1975.
- 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 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.
Facts about Ushuaia International Airport (USH):
- Ushuaia International Airport is fit to receive airplanes as large as the Boeing 747.
- In addition to being known as "Ushuaia International Airport", another name for USH is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia".
- The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, and could be translated as "Ushuaia – Argentine Malvinas International Airport".
- Because of Ushuaia International Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Ushuaia 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.
- Ushuaia International Airport is located 4 km south of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.
- Ushuaia International Airport (USH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ushuaia International Airport (USH) is Hermes Quijada International Airport (RGA), which is located 77 miles (123 kilometers) NNE of USH.
- The furthest airport from Ushuaia International Airport (USH) is Chita Kadala (HTA), which is nearly antipodal to Ushuaia International Airport (meaning Ushuaia International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chita Kadala), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Chita, Russia.