Nonstop flight route between Marseille, France and Long Beach, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), Marseille, France and Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,017 miles (or 9,683 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 Marseille Provence Airport and Long Beach 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 Marseille Provence Airport and Long Beach Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MRS / LFML |
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Location: | Marseille, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°26'12"N by 5°12'53"E |
Area Served: | Marseille |
Operator/Owner: | Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 70 feet (21 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MRS |
More Information: | MRS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JLB / |
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Location: | Long Beach, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°49'4"N by 118°9'6"W |
Area Served: | Los Angeles and Orange counties |
Operator/Owner: | City of Long Beach |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from JLB |
More Information: | JLB Maps & Info |
Facts about Marseille Provence Airport (MRS):
- In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats.
- Marseille Provence Airport handled 8,295,479 passengers last year.
- Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) is Aix-en-Provence Aerodrome (QXB), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) ENE of MRS.
- Because of Marseille Provence Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Marseille Provence 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.
- In addition to being known as "Marseille Provence Airport", another name for MRS is "Aéroport de Marseille ProvenceAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-14".
- The furthest airport from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Marseille Provence Airport (meaning Marseille Provence Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In summer 2013, the airport serves 132 regular destinations, the largest offer in France after the Parisian airports.
Facts about Long Beach Airport (JLB):
- The Navy there upon, fed up with the city of Long Beach, decided upon the purchase of some property owned by a Mrs.
- The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
- Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.
- The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Long Beach Airport has few passenger flights compared with Los Angeles International Airport 18 miles to the northwest, and will always be a small airport because of ordinances adopted to minimize noise.
- Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
- During the 1940s and 1950s, the only airline non-stops from Long Beach Airport were to Los Angeles, San Diego, and sometimes Catalina Island.
- In 2009 Mario Rodriguez was appointed director.
- Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach 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.
- Long Beach Transit Routes 111, 104, 102, and 176 serve the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".