Nonstop flight route between Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Lamar, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA), Lamar, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,117 miles (or 13,064 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Lamar Municipal 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Lamar Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MQX / HAMK |
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Location: | Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°28'1"N by 39°31'59"E |
Area Served: | Mek'ele, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7406 feet (2,257 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MQX |
More Information: | MQX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAA / KLAA |
Airport Name: | Lamar Municipal Airport |
Location: | Lamar, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°4'10"N by 102°41'18"W |
Area Served: | Lamar, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lamar |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3706 feet (1,130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAA |
More Information: | LAA Maps & Info |
Facts about Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX):
- In addition to being known as "Alula Aba Nega Airport", another name for MQX is "አሉላ አባ ነጋ ዓለም አቀፍ የአየር ማረፊያ".
- Because of Alula Aba Nega Airport's high elevation of 7,406 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MQX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MQX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Alula Aba Nega Airport (meaning Alula Aba Nega Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,750 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NW of MQX.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport handled 112,060 passengers last year.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA):
- Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,574 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport covers 557 acres at an elevation of 3,706 feet.
- The closest airport to Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) W of LAA.
- Airline flights started about 1957.