Nonstop flight route between Lausanne, Switzerland and Mayport, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lausanne Airport (QLS), Lausanne, Switzerland and Naval Station Mayport (NRB), Mayport, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,643 miles (or 7,472 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 Lausanne Airport and Naval Station Mayport, 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 Lausanne Airport and Naval Station Mayport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lausanne Airport (QLS):

• Lausanne Airport (QLS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lausanne Airport or Aéroport de Lausanne-Blécherette in French a small civil airport located in the north of Lausanne, Switzerland.
• The furthest airport from Lausanne Airport (QLS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lausanne Airport (meaning Lausanne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Lausanne Airport (QLS) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SW of QLS.
• Lausanne Airport can be reached via the A9 motorway or public bus lines 1 and 21 of Transports publics de la région lausannoise.
• In addition to being known as "Lausanne Airport", another name for QLS is "Aéroport de Lausanne-Blécherette".

Facts about Naval Station Mayport (NRB):

• The closest airport to Naval Station Mayport (NRB) is Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (CRG), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SW of NRB.
• A 2013 report from the USN revealed that they are considering basing as many as 14 Littoral combat ships at Mayport.
• The furthest airport from Naval Station Mayport (NRB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,472 miles (18,463 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 1 April 1944, the air facility at Mayport was commissioned a Naval Auxiliary Air Station Mayport.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Station Mayport", another name for NRB is "Admiral David L. McDonald Field".
• Since its commissioning in December 1942, NS Mayport has grown to become the third largest naval surface fleet concentration area in the United States.
• Naval Station Mayport (NRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Because of Naval Station Mayport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Station Mayport 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.