Nonstop flight route between Hoedspruit, South Africa and Cirebon, Java, Indonesia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from HDS to CBN:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- HDS Airport Information
- CBN Airport Information
- Facts about HDS
- Facts about CBN
- Map of Nearest Airports to HDS
- List of Nearest Airports to HDS
- Map of Furthest Airports from HDS
- List of Furthest Airports from HDS
- Map of Nearest Airports to CBN
- List of Nearest Airports to CBN
- Map of Furthest Airports from CBN
- List of Furthest Airports from CBN
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS), Hoedspruit, South Africa and Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN), Cirebon, Java, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,241 miles (or 8,434 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 Air Force Base Hoedspruit and Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana 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 Air Force Base Hoedspruit and Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HDS / FAHS |
Airport Name: | Air Force Base Hoedspruit |
Location: | Hoedspruit, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°21'16"S by 31°3'1"E |
Operator/Owner: | South African Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military and Civil |
Elevation: | 1742 feet (531 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HDS |
More Information: | HDS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBN / WICD |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Cirebon, Java, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°45'22"S by 108°32'22"E |
Operator/Owner: | Cirebon Regency Government |
Airport Type: | Civil/Military |
Elevation: | 89 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CBN |
More Information: | CBN Maps & Info |
Facts about Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS):
- A civil airport terminal, known as the Eastgage Airport, was established at the southern end of the airfield in the early 1990s.
- The closest airport to Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS) is Hendrik Van Eck Airport (PHW), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NNE of HDS.
- Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS) has 2 runways.
- The base was officially opened on 1 July 1978.
- The furthest airport from Air Force Base Hoedspruit (HDS) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,932 miles (19,202 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN):
- In addition to being known as "Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport", another name for CBN is "Bandar Udara Penggung".
- Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SSW of CBN.
- Because of Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana 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 Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN) is Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME), which is nearly antipodal to Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (meaning Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Tame, Arauca, Colombia.