Nonstop flight route between Kigoma, Tanzania and Long Beach, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kigoma Airport (TKQ), Kigoma, Tanzania and Long Beach Airport (JLB), Long Beach, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,564 miles (or 15,392 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 Kigoma Airport and Long Beach 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 Kigoma Airport and Long Beach Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TKQ / HTKA | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kigoma, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°53'5"S by 29°40'13"E | 
| Area Served: | Kigoma | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2700 feet (823 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from TKQ | 
| More Information: | TKQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JLB / | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Long Beach, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°49'4"N by 118°9'6"W | 
| Area Served: | Los Angeles and Orange counties | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Long Beach | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 5 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from JLB | 
| More Information: | JLB Maps & Info | 
Facts about Kigoma Airport (TKQ):
- The furthest airport from Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Kalemie Airport (FMI), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) SSW of TKQ.
- Kigoma Airport handled 37,652 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Kigoma Airport", another name for TKQ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kigoma (Swahili)".
- Kigoma Airport (TKQ) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Long Beach Airport (JLB):
- The famous barnstormer Earl S.
- To attract the United States Navy, the City of Long Beach built a hangar and an administrative building and then offered to lease it to the Navy for $1 a year for the establishment of the Naval Reserve Air Base.
- In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".
- The furthest airport from Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.
- Air cargo carriers, including FedEx and UPS, also use LGB.
- Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.
- Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach 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.
- The closest airport to Long Beach Airport (JLB) is Long Beach Airport (LGB), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JLB.
- The 1940s was a busy time.
- The Long Beach Airport has an aggressive noise abatement program which includes three full-time noise specialists.




