Nonstop flight route between Lifuka, Ha'apai, Tonga and Binghamton, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lifuka Island Airport (HPA), Lifuka, Ha'apai, Tonga and Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM), Binghamton, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,544 miles (or 12,141 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 Lifuka Island Airport and Greater Binghamton 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 Lifuka Island Airport and Greater Binghamton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lifuka Island Airport (HPA):

• Because of Lifuka Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Lifuka Island 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.
• Lifuka Island Airport (HPA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lifuka Island Airport (HPA) is In Guezzam Airport (INF), which is nearly antipodal to Lifuka Island Airport (meaning Lifuka Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from In Guezzam Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in In Guezzam, Algeria.
• The closest airport to Lifuka Island Airport (HPA) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) SSW of HPA.
• In addition to being known as "Lifuka Island Airport", another name for HPA is "Salote Pilolevu Airport".

Facts about Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM):

• The closest airport to Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Cortland County Airport (CTX), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of BGM.
• The furthest airport from Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,607 miles (18,680 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) has 2 runways.
• In the 1950s Mohawk, TWA and Colonial-then-Eastern stopped at BGM.
• In 2002 Runway 16/34 was shortened to 7,100 feet to make room for an Engineered Material Arresting System.
• In addition to being known as "Greater Binghamton Airport", another name for BGM is "Edwin A. Link Field".
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 108,325 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 98,090 in 2009 and 108,988 in 2010.