Nonstop flight route between Leadville, Colorado, United States and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lake County Airport (LXV), Leadville, Colorado, United States and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,623 miles (or 9,049 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 Lake County Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Lake County Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lake County Airport (LXV):

• At one point, the airport had scheduled passenger airline service.
• In addition to being known as "Lake County Airport", another name for LXV is "Leadville Airport".
• At an elevation of 9,927 ft above mean sea level the airport claims the distinction of being North America's highest.
• Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 9,927 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LXV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Lake County Airport (LXV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The highest helicopter flight training school in the world, RAVCO, operates out of the Lake County Airport.
• The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LXV) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of LXV.

Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
• Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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.
• Enubuj, or "Carlson" Islet which was its 1944 World War II U.S.
• Ebadon is located at the westernmost tip of the atoll.
• Roi-Namur has several radar installations and a small residential community of unaccompanied U.S.
• The furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• Kwajalein Atoll, is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
• On January 31, 1944, the 7th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 111th Infantry Regiment performed an amphibious assault on Kwajalein.