Nonstop flight route between New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Trelew, Chubut, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL), Trelew, Chubut, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,300 miles (or 8,529 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Almirante Marcos A. Zar 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):

• Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.
• The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Another local service airline at New Orleans was Texas International with Douglas DC-9s and Convair 600s mainly to Louisiana and Texas.
• In 1969 Braniff International Airways started direct Boeing 707-320 jet service twice a week to Hawaii.
• Plans for Moisant Field began in 1940, as evidence mounted that New Orleans' older Shushan Airport was too small.
• A number of airlines scheduled large passenger jets into New Orleans in the past.
• On November 16, 1959 National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7 flying from Tampa to New Orleans crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
• At an average of 4.5 feet above sea level, MSY is the 2nd lowest-lying international airport in the world, behind only Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands, which is eleven feet below sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".
• The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
• Starting in 1946 passengers used a large, hangar-like makeshift structure, until a new terminal complex, designed by Goldstein Parham & Labouisse and Herbert A.
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.

Facts about Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL):

• In addition to being known as "Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport", another name for REL is "Aeropuerto de Trelew - Almirante Marcos A. Zar Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar".
• Because of Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Almirante Marcos A. Zar 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.
• The closest airport to Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) is El Tehuelche Airport (PMY), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) NNE of REL.
• It also home of the Argentine Naval Aviation squadron of P-3 Orions.
• Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) is Xilinhot Airport (XIL), which is nearly antipodal to Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (meaning Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Xilinhot Airport), and is located 12,358 miles (19,887 kilometers) away in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China.