Nonstop flight route between Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia and Novato, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia and Marin County Airport (NOT), Novato, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,357 miles (or 13,449 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 Blimbingsari Airport and Marin County 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 Blimbingsari Airport and Marin County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Blimbingsari Airport (BWX):

• The closest airport to Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ESE of BWX.
• The furthest airport from Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Valle de la Pascua Airport (VDP), which is nearly antipodal to Blimbingsari Airport (meaning Blimbingsari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Valle de la Pascua Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Valle de la Pascua, Guárico, Venezuela.
• Because of Blimbingsari Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Blimbingsari 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 addition to being known as "Blimbingsari Airport", another name for BWX is "Bandara Blimbingsari".
• Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Marin County Airport (NOT):

• Because of Marin County Airport's relatively low elevation of 2 feet, planes can take off or land at Marin County 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 furthest airport from Marin County Airport (NOT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,343 miles (18,254 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Somehow Gnoss's single runway is laid out almost exactly perpendicular to the prevailing offshore west winds.
• The closest airport to Marin County Airport (NOT) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of NOT.
• Stol Air Commuter operated flights between the airfield and San Francisco International Airport during the 1970s.
• The Wrights original privately owned airport had a dirt runway and was just west of the current airport, in what is now a grassy field.
• Gnoss Field is known to local pilots and flight instructors as an excellent airport to practice crosswind landings, especially during afternoons in the late spring and summer when the west wind picks up.
• The typical Gnoss Field crosswind landing conditions on runway 31 are a stronger than reported headwind on right base and, in a typical training aircraft, a slight amount of wind shear about 100 feet before the runway 31 threshold, settling down to a steady crosswind - but then adding to a slight headwind component, just past the near west side hangars.
• In addition to being known as "Marin County Airport", other names for NOT include "Gnoss Field" and "DVO".
• Marin County Airport (NOT) currently has only 1 runway.