Nonstop flight route between Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands and Lansing, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jaluit Airport (UIT), Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands and Capital Region International Airport (LAN), Lansing, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,729 miles (or 10,829 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 Jaluit Airport and Capital Region 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 Jaluit Airport and Capital Region 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 Jaluit Airport (UIT):

• In addition to being known as "Jaluit Airport", another name for UIT is "N55".
• Because of Jaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Jaluit 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.
• Jaluit Airport (UIT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jaluit Airport (UIT) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Jaluit Airport (meaning Jaluit Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,126 miles (19,515 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Jaluit Airport (UIT) is Kili Airport (KIO), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of UIT.

Facts about Capital Region International Airport (LAN):

• The dedication of Capital City Airport was held on the weekend of July 14–15, 1928, and attended by 70,000 people, including arctic explorer George Hubert Wilkins and aviator Carl Eielson.
• The airport's most recent Master Plan was released in December 2006.
• During the 1990s the Francis Aviation Complex was demolished for airport expansion and for compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.UPS Airlines began cargo service from Lansing in 1990.
• The Airport Authority reports 418,850 people flew to or from the airport in 2013, three percent fewer than 2008 and a 36 percent decrease since 2000.
• Because of Capital Region International Airport's relatively low elevation of 861 feet, planes can take off or land at Capital Region 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.
• The closest airport to Capital Region International Airport (LAN) is Jackson County Airport (JXN), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) S of LAN.
• The furthest airport from Capital Region International Airport (LAN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,212 miles (18,044 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In June 2010 Apple Vacations and Sun Country Airlines announced seasonal flights to Cancún, Mexico.
• In March 2009 the Federal Aviation Administration announced the planned consolidation of radar control for Lansing's airport, as well as that of airports in Grand Rapids and Muskegon, to nearby Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport in 2013.
• Capital Region International Airport (LAN) has 3 runways.