Nonstop flight route between Matam, Senegal and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX), Matam, Senegal and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,448 miles (or 10,376 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 Ouro Sogui Airport and Los Angeles 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 Ouro Sogui Airport and Los Angeles 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 Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX):

• The closest airport to Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX) is Kaédi Airport (KED), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNW of MAX.
• The furthest airport from Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX) is Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), which is nearly antipodal to Ouro Sogui Airport (meaning Ouro Sogui Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santo-Pekoa International Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Luganville, Vanuatu.
• Because of Ouro Sogui Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Ouro Sogui 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.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• Before the 1930s, existing airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather stations at the airports.
• On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for violence and cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating.
• Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
• In addition to these terminals, there are 2,000,000 square feet of cargo facilities at LAX, and a heliport operated by Bravo Aviation.
• LAX is the busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
• Mines Field opened as the airport of Los Angeles in 1930 and the city purchased it to be a municipal airfield in 1937.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.