Nonstop flight route between Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands and Los Angeles, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jaluit Airport (UIT), Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,958 miles (or 7,979 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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.
• The closest airport to Jaluit Airport (UIT) is Kili Airport (KIO), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of UIT.
• 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.
• Jaluit Airport (UIT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):

• The furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for violence and cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating.
• Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
• In 1981, LAX began a $700 million expansion in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
• Today, LAX is in the midst of a $4.11 billion renovation and improvement program to expand and rehabilitate the Tom Bradley International Terminal to accommodate the next generation of larger aircraft, as well as handle the growing number of flights to and from the Southern California region, and to develop the Central Terminal Area of the airport to include streamlined passenger processing, public transportation and updated central utility plants.
• The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
• Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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 1958, the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age".
• Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.