Nonstop flight route between Mafeteng, Lesotho and Little Rock, Arkansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mafeteng Airport (MFC), Mafeteng, Lesotho and Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,937 miles (or 14,382 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 Mafeteng Airport and Bill and Hillary Clinton National 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 Mafeteng Airport and Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mafeteng Airport (MFC):

• Because of Mafeteng Airport's high elevation of 5,350 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MFC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MFC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Mafeteng Airport (MFC) is Moshoeshoe I International Airport (MSU), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NE of MFC.
• The furthest airport from Mafeteng Airport (MFC) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is located 11,788 miles (18,971 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
• Mafeteng Airport (MFC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT):

• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force for antisubmarine patrols and training.
• In addition to being known as "Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport", another name for LIT is "Adams Field".
• The single terminal has 12 gates.
• On June 1, 1999 American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing the captain and 10 passengers.
• The closest airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Little Rock Air Force Base (LRF), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNE of LIT.
• The furthest airport from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,882 miles (17,512 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport handled 2,255,109 passengers last year.
• In October 2013, Travel + Leisure released a survey of travelers that ranked Clinton National Airport as the worst of the 67 domestic airports considered in the survey.
• Because of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Bill and Hillary Clinton National 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.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) has 3 runways.
• Clinton National Airport covers 2,000 acres at an elevation of 266 feet above mean sea level.