Nonstop flight route between Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,078 miles (or 9,781 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 Sioux Falls Regional Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Sioux Falls Regional Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FSD / KFSD |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°34'54"N by 96°44'30"W |
Area Served: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Operator/Owner: | City of Sioux Falls |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1430 feet (436 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from FSD |
More Information: | FSD Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD):
- Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,610 miles (17,075 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Sioux Falls Regional Airport", another name for FSD is "Joe Foss Field".
- In 2005, Sioux Falls Regional Airport became the first airport to de-federalize its workforce.
- On December 20, 1983, Ozark Airlines Flight 650 struck a snow plow while landing, killing the driver.
- The closest airport to Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) is Madison Municipal Airport (XMD), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNW of FSD.
- Also located here is the Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station, home to Headquarters, South Dakota Air National Guard and its 114th Fighter Wing, an Air Combat Command gained unit known as the "Fighting Lobos" and operating F-16C/D aircraft.
Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- Meck is a launch site for anti-ballistic missiles and is probably the most restricted island of all the U.S.-leased sites.
- Enmat is mo̧ or taboo, birthplace of the irooj and off-limits to anyone without the blessing of the Iroijlaplap.
- 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.
- There was some Japanese settlement in Kwajalein Atoll, comprising mostly traders and their families who worked at local branches of shops headquartered at nearby Jaluit Atoll where Japanese civilians numbered in the several hundreds to nearly 1,000 at the height of the Japanese administration.
- 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.
- In the years following, Kwajalein Atoll was converted into a staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland in the Pacific War.
- Little Bustard and Big Bustard are the first and second islets respectively north of Kwajalein island on the East reef, and are the only islets between Kwajalein and Ebeye.
- The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.