Halfway between Los Angeles and New York
The midpoint of the shortest route between Los Angeles and New York is in the United States.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 39.507° N 97.160° W
- Great-circle distance
- 3,935km
- 2,445 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 5h 08min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 66°
- from Los Angeles, true north
- Nearest large city
- Topeka
- United States · 137 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
245km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 245 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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