Nonstop flight route between St. Catherine, Egypt and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. Catherine International Airport (SKV), St. Catherine, Egypt and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,969 miles (or 11,215 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 St. Catherine International Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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 St. Catherine International Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. Catherine International Airport (SKV):

• The furthest airport from St. Catherine International Airport (SKV) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,888 miles (19,132 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of St. Catherine International Airport's high elevation of 4,368 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SKV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SKV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• St. Catherine International Airport (SKV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to St. Catherine International Airport (SKV) is Sharm el-Sheikh International Airpoirt (SSH), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) SSE of SKV.

Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):

• Starting in 1946 passengers used a large, hangar-like makeshift structure, until a new terminal complex, designed by Goldstein Parham & Labouisse and Herbert A.
• The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".
• MSY reopened to commercial flights on September 13, 2005, with four flights operated by Delta Air Lines to Atlanta and a Northwest Airlines flight to Memphis.
• Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
• Southwest Airlines now carries the most passengers at New Orleans.
• In 1969 Braniff International Airways started direct Boeing 707-320 jet service twice a week to Hawaii.