The distance from Pontiac, Michigan to Lake Charles, Louisiana is:
1,276 miles / 2 054 km driving
1,017 miles / 1 637 km flying
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Distance from Pontiac, MI to Lake Charles, LA
The total driving distance from Pontiac, MI to Lake Charles, LA is 1,276 miles or 2 054 kilometers.
The total straight line flight distance from Pontiac, MI to Lake Charles, LA is 1,017 miles.
This is equivalent to 1 637 kilometers or 884 nautical miles.
Your trip begins in Pontiac, Michigan. It ends in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Your flight direction from Pontiac, MI to Lake Charles, LA is Southwest (-144 degrees from North).
The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Pontiac, MI to Lake Charles, LA. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.
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