Nonstop flight route between Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand and North Platte, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mae Sot Airport (MAQ), Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand and North Platte Regional Airport (LBF), North Platte, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,256 miles (or 13,286 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 Mae Sot Airport and North Platte Regional 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 Mae Sot Airport and North Platte Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mae Sot Airport (MAQ):

• Because of Mae Sot Airport's relatively low elevation of 690 feet, planes can take off or land at Mae Sot 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.
• Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) is Tak Airport (TKT), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) ENE of MAQ.
• The furthest airport from Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is nearly antipodal to Mae Sot Airport (meaning Mae Sot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport), and is located 12,033 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Mae Sot Airport", another name for MAQ is "ท่าอากาศยานแม่สอด".

Facts about North Platte Regional Airport (LBF):

• In addition to being known as "North Platte Regional Airport", another name for LBF is "Lee Bird Field".
• North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) has 2 runways.
• United Airlines stopped at North Platte from the 1930s until Frontier took over in 1959.
• The furthest airport from North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,687 miles (17,200 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to North Platte Regional Airport (LBF) is Jim Kelly Field (LXN), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of LBF.
• North Platte Regional Airport was originally North Platte Field and was built in 1921 using private funds.
• In 1929 the City of North Platte purchased the airfield and leased it to the Boeing Transport Company, an original part of United Airlines.
• Federal Aviation Administration says the airport had 10,288 passenger enplanements in calendar year 2008, 7,924 enplanements in 2009, and 8,391 in 2010.