Nonstop flight route between Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States and Łódź, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States and Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ), Łódź, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,837 miles (or 9,394 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 Oakland International Airport and Łódź Władysław Reymont 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 Oakland International Airport and Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oakland International Airport (OAK):

• The closest airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of OAK.
• Because of Oakland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Oakland 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 Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,354 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• It is formerly the location of Naval Air Station Oakland.
• For nearly a century Oakland International Airport has served the shipping and travel needs of the San Francisco Bay Area.
• FedEx Express opened a cargo base in Oakland in 1988, which is now one of the busiest air freight terminals in the United States.
• Even at the completion of these projects, there is already demand driving the need for additional infrastructure improvements.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) has 4 runways.
• SeaPort Airlines proposed a new plan for daily flights from Visalia to OAK.
• United Airlines vacated its 300,000 sq ft Oakland Maintenance Center in May 2003 and transferred work to its base at San Francisco International Airport.
• Oakland is a focus city for Southwest Airlines and Allegiant Air.

Facts about Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ):

• Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport, formerly known as Łódź-Lublinek Airport, is a regional airport in central Poland, located approximately 6 km southwest of the Łódź city center.
• The furthest airport from Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,523 miles (18,544 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) is Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport (WMI), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) NE of LCJ.
• The airport has been in operation since September 13, 1925 and has recently undergone a number of upgrades enabling it to handle services by low cost airlines to destinations in Europe.
• The airport has been renamed after the celebrated 20th century Polish writer and the winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature, Władysław Reymont.
• In addition to being known as "Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport", other names for LCJ include "Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta" and "Łódź".
• Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport handled 353,633 passengers last year.
• In June 2012 the brand new Terminal 3 with a capacity for 1.5 - 2 million passengers per year was opened.
• Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Łódź Władysław Reymont 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.