Nonstop flight route between Lewistown, Montana, United States and Chumphon, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT), Lewistown, Montana, United States and Chumphon Airport (CJM), Chumphon, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,068 miles (or 12,985 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 Lewistown Municipal Airport and Chumphon 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 Lewistown Municipal Airport and Chumphon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT):

• Lewiston Army Airfield was built in 1942 as one of four training facilities for B-17 Flying Fortress crews and had a storage site for the top secret Norden Bombsight.
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 596 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,049 in 2009 and 704 in 2010.
• In addition to being known as "Lewistown Municipal Airport", another name for LWT is "Lewistown Army Airfield".
• The closest airport to Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) is Roundup Airport (RPX), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SE of LWT.
• The airport covers 2,200 acres at an elevation of 4,170 feet.
• The furthest airport from Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,508 miles (16,911 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) has 3 runways.
• Because of Lewistown Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,170 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LWT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LWT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Chumphon Airport (CJM):

• The closest airport to Chumphon Airport (CJM) is Kawthaung Airport (KAW), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) SW of CJM.
• Nok Air operates flights to and from Chumphon Airport, Pathio District to Don Mueang International Airport DMK.
• In 2008 the airport reopened after nine years of closure.
• Because of Chumphon Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Chumphon 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.
• Chumphon Airport (CJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Chumphon Airport (CJM) is Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport (CHM), which is nearly antipodal to Chumphon Airport (meaning Chumphon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,726 kilometers) away in Chimbote, Ancash Region, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Chumphon Airport", another name for CJM is "ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร".