Nonstop flight route between Leadville, Colorado, United States and Moscow, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lake County Airport (LXV), Leadville, Colorado, United States and Vnukovo International Airport (VKO), Moscow, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,544 miles (or 8,923 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 Vnukovo 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 Lake County Airport and Vnukovo 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 Lake County Airport (LXV):

• Lake County Airport (LXV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Lake County Airport", another name for LXV is "Leadville Airport".
• 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.
• 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.
• At an elevation of 9,927 ft above mean sea level the airport claims the distinction of being North America's highest.
• At one point, the airport had scheduled passenger airline service.
• 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 Vnukovo International Airport (VKO):

• A new international passenger Terminal A will have a total floor space of 250,000 sq.
• Terminal A is used both for domestic and international flights, Terminal B is used for international flights, and Terminal D is used for domestic arrivals from North Caucasus only.
• Vnukovo Airport is equipped with a VIP hall, which is used by many political leaders and important people visiting Russia.
• The first passenger flights of the IL-18 and Tu-114 were also made from Vnukovo Airport.
• The furthest airport from Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,747 miles (17,296 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Vnukovo International Airport", another name for VKO is "Международный Аэропорт Внуково".
• Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) has 2 runways.
• Because of Vnukovo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 686 feet, planes can take off or land at Vnukovo 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.
• The closest airport to Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Ostafyevo International Airport (OSF), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of VKO.
• Vnukovo Airport was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war.
• Vnukovo is the oldest Moscow's operating airport.
• Vnukovo International Airport handled 11,175,100 passengers last year.