Nonstop flight route between Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary and Kekaha, Hawaii, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Debrecen International Airport (DEB), Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary and PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), Kekaha, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,633 miles (or 12,284 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 Debrecen International Airport and PMRF Barking Sands, 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 Debrecen International Airport and PMRF Barking Sands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEB / LHDC |
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Location: | Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°29'20"N by 21°36'55"E |
Area Served: | Debrecen, Hungary |
Operator/Owner: | Airport Debrecen Kft. |
Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEB |
More Information: | DEB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKH / PHBK |
Airport Name: | PMRF Barking Sands |
Location: | Kekaha, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°1'22"N by 159°47'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Navy |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKH |
More Information: | BKH Maps & Info |
Facts about Debrecen International Airport (DEB):
- Between 1946 and 1968 Debrecen Airport functioned also as an emergency airfield for Budapest Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Debrecen International Airport", another name for DEB is "Debreceni nemzetközi repülőtér".
- The furthest airport from Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Debrecen International Airport (DEB) is Oradea Airport (OMR), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of DEB.
- The airport shuttle of DKV, the local transport company, is operated between the airport and Debrecen.
- Because of Debrecen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Debrecen 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.
- Debrecen International Airport (DEB) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about PMRF Barking Sands (BKH):
- The Navy is currently using PMRF to test hit to kill technology using direct collision of the anti-ballistic missile with its target.
- The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S.
- The furthest airport from PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Gobabis Airport (GOG), which is nearly antipodal to PMRF Barking Sands (meaning PMRF Barking Sands is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobabis Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Gobabis, Namibia.
- When North Korea threatened to launch Taepodong-2 ICBMs toward Hawaii in 2009, the US temporarily deployed THAAD missile batteries to the facility.
- PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of PMRF Barking Sands's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at PMRF Barking Sands 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 1921, the land area known as the Barking Sands was acquired by the Kekaha Sugar Company and became a runway for private planes.
- The closest airport to PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Port Allen Airport (PAK), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) SE of BKH.