Nonstop flight route between Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Mogadishu, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,708 miles (or 15,624 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 Aden Adde 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 LA/Ontario International Airport and Aden Adde International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT):

• 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.
• LA/Ontario International Airport handled 4,812,006 passengers last year.
• Terminal 2 has 265,000 square feet and 12 gates.
• 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.
• In 2013, LAWA offered to return the airport to local control for a purchase price of $474mm, which was rejected.
• The closest airport to LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Chino Airport (CNO), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of ONT.
• In early 2011 Southwest Airlines carried 54% of the passengers.
• In 1981, a second east-west runway, 26L/8R, was built, necessitating the removal of the old NE-SW runway 4/22.
• The airport covers 1,700 acres and has two runways.
• LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) has 2 runways.

Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):

• The Mogadishu airport was established in 1928, the first such facility to be opened in the Horn of Africa.
• Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In January 2013, a new immigration building was opened at the Aden Adde International Airport.
• The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
• The furthest airport from Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• On 8 June 2007, the Transitional Federal Government announced that the airport would be renamed in honor of the first President of Somalia, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, who had died earlier in the day.
• With the collapse of the Siad Barre regime and the ensuing civil war, the airport's ongoing renovations came to a halt.