Nonstop flight route between Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Boufarik, Algeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States and Boufarik Air Base (QFD), Boufarik, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,235 miles (or 10,034 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 Boufarik Air Base, 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 Boufarik Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONT / KONT |
Airport Name: | LA/Ontario International Airport |
Location: | Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°3'21"N by 117°36'3"W |
Area Served: | Ontario, California / Inland Empire, California |
Operator/Owner: | Los Angeles World Airports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 944 feet (288 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ONT |
More Information: | ONT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QFD / DAAK |
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Location: | Boufarik, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°32'44"N by 2°52'34"E |
Area Served: | Boufarik, Algeria |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 335 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QFD |
More Information: | QFD Maps & Info |
Facts about LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT):
- Thanks to Ontario's long runways, it is often an alternate landing site for large aircraft destined for LAX.
- LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) has 2 runways.
- LA/Ontario International Airport handled 4,812,006 passengers last year.
- Terminal 2 has 265,000 square feet and 12 gates.
- 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.
- In early 2011 Southwest Airlines carried 54% of the passengers.
- The closest airport to LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Chino Airport (CNO), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of ONT.
- 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.
- In 1946, the Ontario Municipal Airport was renamed the "Ontario International Airport" because of the transpacific cargo flights originating from the facility.
Facts about Boufarik Air Base (QFD):
- The closest airport to Boufarik Air Base (QFD) is Blida Airport (QLD), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of QFD.
- Boufarik Air Base (QFD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Boufarik Air Base's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at Boufarik Air Base 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.
- In addition to being known as "Boufarik Air Base", another name for QFD is "Boufarik Airport (Boufarik)".
- The furthest airport from Boufarik Air Base (QFD) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Boufarik Air Base (meaning Boufarik Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,524 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.