Nonstop flight route between Mammoth Lakes, California, United States and Luanda, Angola:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH), Mammoth Lakes, California, United States and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD), Luanda, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,858 miles (or 14,255 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 Mammoth Yosemite Airport and Quatro de Fevereiro 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 Mammoth Yosemite Airport and Quatro de Fevereiro 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 Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH):

• Because of Mammoth Yosemite Airport's high elevation of 7,135 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MMH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MMH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH) is Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) ESE of MMH.
• The furthest airport from Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,259 miles (18,120 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The airport covers 230 acres at an elevation of 7,135 feet.

Facts about Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD):

• The furthest airport from Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,862 miles (19,090 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 243 feet above mean sea level.
• Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport handled 2,430,794 passengers last year.
• Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport", other names for LAD include "Aeroporto 4 de Fevereiro (Belas) (Luanda)" and "Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro".
• On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727–223 with the registration number N844AA, which had been parked at the airport for over a year, was stolen in mysterious circumstances.
• Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, is the main international airport of Angola.
• Because of Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 243 feet, planes can take off or land at Quatro de Fevereiro 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.
• On 31 January 2010, Guicango Yakovlev Yak-40 D2-FES suffered the collapse of all landing gears on landing after a flight from Cabinda.
• The closest airport to Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) is Ambriz Airport (AZZ), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) N of LAD.