Nonstop flight route between Merowe, Sudan and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Merowe Airport (MWE), Merowe, Sudan and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,321 miles (or 13,391 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 Merowe Airport and Los Angeles 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 Merowe Airport and Los Angeles 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 Merowe Airport (MWE):

• The furthest airport from Merowe Airport (MWE) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is nearly antipodal to Merowe Airport (meaning Merowe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fa'a'ā International Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Merowe Airport (MWE) is Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WSW of MWE.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• At 12:51 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012, a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at LAX on runway 25L.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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 closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
• On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for violence and cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
• In 1958, the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age".
• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• LAX has been a hub for TWA, Air California, Braniff International, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Pacific Southwest Airlines, US Airways, Western Airlines, and the Flying Tiger Line.
• Since the 1920s, a neighborhood called Surfridge had been on the coastline west of the airport, part of the larger community of Palisades del Rey along with the neighborhood to the north now known as Playa del Rey.