Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Krabi, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States and Krabi International Airport (KBV), Krabi, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,038 miles (or 14,545 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 John F. Kennedy International Airport and Krabi International 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 John F. Kennedy International Airport and Krabi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• JFK opened with six runways and a seventh under construction.
• On March 19, 2007 JFK became the first airport in the United States to receive the Airbus A380 with passengers aboard.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Terminal 2 opened in 1962 as the home of Northeast Airlines, Braniff and Northwest Airlines, and is now exclusively used and operated by Delta Air Lines.
• In 1999, American Airlines began an eight-year program to build the largest passenger terminal at JFK, designed by DMJM Aviation to replace both Terminal 8 and Terminal 9.
• JFK was designed for aircraft up to 300,000-pound gross weight and had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate Boeing 747s.
• The Air Traffic Control Tower, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and constructed on the ramp-side of Terminal 4, began full FAA operations in October 1994.
• JFK has six terminals containing 151 gates, numbered 1–8, but skipping Terminal 6 and Terminal 3.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy 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.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• The project was renamed Major General Alexander E.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.

Facts about Krabi International Airport (KBV):

• The furthest airport from Krabi International Airport (KBV) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Krabi International Airport (meaning Krabi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,315 miles (19,819 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Krabi International Airport", another name for KBV is "ท่าอากาศยานกระบี่".
• Krabi International Airport (KBV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Krabi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Krabi 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.
• The closest airport to Krabi International Airport (KBV) is Phuket International Airport (HKT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) W of KBV.