Nonstop flight route between Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Baotou Airport (BAV), Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,457 miles (or 10,392 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 LA/Ontario International Airport and Baotou 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 LA/Ontario International Airport and Baotou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT):

• In early 2011 Southwest Airlines carried 54% of the passengers.
• The airport is about 38 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, 18 miles west of downtown San Bernardino and 14 miles northwest of downtown Riverside.
• ONT currently has more than 64 daily departures and arrivals.
• LA/Ontario has few noise restrictions/abatement rules, unlike other Southern California airports such as John Wayne Airport, Bob Hope Airport, Long Beach Airport, and San Diego International Airport, which all have very strict policies.
• Ontario is a major southwestern gateway hub for UPS.
• Thanks to Ontario's long runways, it is often an alternate landing site for large aircraft destined for LAX.
• LA/Ontario International Airport handled 4,812,006 passengers last year.
• In 1923, a landing field was established east of Central Avenue west of the current airport) on land leased from the Union Pacific Railroad.
• The closest airport to LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Chino Airport (CNO), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of ONT.
• LA/Ontario International Airport has three terminals.
• LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,460 miles (18,443 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of LA/Ontario International Airport's relatively low elevation of 944 feet, planes can take off or land at LA/Ontario 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.

Facts about Baotou Airport (BAV):

• Baotou Airport (BAV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Baotou Airport (BAV) is Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB), which is nearly antipodal to Baotou Airport (meaning Baotou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Baotou Airport", other names for BAV include "包头机场" and "Bāotóu Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Baotou Airport (BAV) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) S of BAV.