Nonstop flight route between Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wake Island Airfield (AWK), Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,278 miles (or 14,932 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 Wake Island Airfield and Porto de Trombetas 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 Wake Island Airfield and Porto de Trombetas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wake Island Airfield (AWK):

• Because of Wake Island Airfield's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Wake Island Airfield 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 Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) SE of AWK.
• Wake Island Airfield (AWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Japan Airlines used both Wake Island and Honolulu as stops on its initial Tokyo-San Francisco service using Douglas DC-6s in the mid-1950s.
• Wake Island Airfield is a military airport located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island.
• The furthest airport from Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• From 1935 until 1940, when two typhoons swept Wake with resultant extensive damage to the now elaborately developed Pan American facilities, development and use of the base were steady but uneventful.

Facts about Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT):

• In addition to being known as "Porto de Trombetas Airport", another name for TMT is "Aeroporto de Porto Trombetas".
• The closest airport to Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSW of TMT.
• Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Jalaluddin Airport (GTO), which is nearly antipodal to Porto de Trombetas Airport (meaning Porto de Trombetas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jalaluddin Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,889 kilometers) away in Gorontalo, Indonesia.
• Because of Porto de Trombetas Airport's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto de Trombetas 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.