Nonstop flight route between Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and Baytown, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and Baytown Airport (HPY), Baytown, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,353 miles (or 10,224 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 Ebadon Airstrip and Baytown 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 Ebadon Airstrip and Baytown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBN / |
Airport Name: | Ebadon Airstrip |
Location: | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'1"N by 167°43'58"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from EBN |
More Information: | EBN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HPY / KHPY |
Airport Name: | Baytown Airport |
Location: | Baytown, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°47'9"N by 94°57'10"W |
Area Served: | Baytown, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | Raceco Inc. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HPY |
More Information: | HPY Maps & Info |
Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- The water temperature averages 81 °F degrees and underwater visibility is typically 100 feet on the ocean side of the atoll.
- Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 population of Kwajalein Island is currently around 1,000 individuals, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S.
- The islands of the atoll, particularly the main island, served as a rural copra-trading outpost administered by Japanese civilians under the Japanese Mandated "South Seas" Islands of Micronesia for twenty-two years.
- Enubuj, or "Carlson" Islet which was its 1944 World War II U.S.
- Additionally, while many of the native Marshallese successfully fled the island in their canoes just prior to the battle, an estimated 200 were killed on the atoll during the fighting.
- In the late 1930s, Japan began to centralize military power in Micronesia in line with its expansionism into the South and throughout Oceania.
- The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
- Ennylabegan, or "Carlos" Islet, is also site of a small Marshall Islander community that has decreased in size in recent decades but was once a bigger village.
- The furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
Facts about Baytown Airport (HPY):
- For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA
- The furthest airport from Baytown Airport (HPY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,005 miles (17,711 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Baytown Airport (HPY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Baytown Airport (HPY) is Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of HPY.
- Because of Baytown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Baytown 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.