Nonstop flight route between Nacala, Mozambique and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nacala Airport (MNC), Nacala, Mozambique and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,328 miles (or 16,621 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 Nacala Airport and McCarran 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 Nacala Airport and McCarran 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 Nacala Airport (MNC):

• Nacala Airport (MNC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Work is underway by the Brazilian multi-national engineering and construction firm Odebrecht International, part of the Odebrecht conglomerate of companies, to rehabilitate the Nacala airport so that commercial aviation may begin.
• The closest airport to Nacala Airport (MNC) is Pemba Airport (POL), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) N of MNC.
• Because of Nacala Airport's relatively low elevation of 410 feet, planes can take off or land at Nacala 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.
• Nacala air base was built by the Portuguese in the colonial era.
• The furthest airport from Nacala Airport (MNC) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,336 miles (18,243 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Nacala Airport", another name for MNC is "Nacala".

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• American aviator George Crockett, a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett, established Alamo Airport in 1942 on the site currently occupied by McCarran International.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• Between 1986 and 1997, Terminal 2 was built where two separate terminals had been in the 1970s and 1980s.
• In 2008 the D Gates NW wing opened with nine more gates.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• As of November 2009 Southwest Airlines operated more flights out of McCarran than any other airport.
• The US Airways night-flight hub operation, established in 1986 by predecessor America West Airlines, made the carrier McCarran's second busiest airline.