Nonstop flight route between Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea and San Angelo, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kavieng Airport (KVG), Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea and Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF), San Angelo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,417 miles (or 11,936 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 Kavieng Airport and Goodfellow Air Force Base, 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 Kavieng Airport and Goodfellow Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KVG / AYKV |
Airport Name: | Kavieng Airport |
Location: | Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°34'45"S by 150°48'28"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KVG |
More Information: | KVG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOF / |
Airport Name: | Goodfellow Air Force Base |
Location: | San Angelo, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°25'46"N by 100°23'56"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GOF |
More Information: | GOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Kavieng Airport (KVG):
- The closest airport to Kavieng Airport (KVG) is Emirau Airport (EMI), which is located 87 miles (139 kilometers) NW of KVG.
- Kavieng Airport (KVG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kavieng Airport (KVG) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,939 miles (19,214 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- Kavieng Airport is located in Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea and is located approximately 1 km away from the town centre.
- Because of Kavieng Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Kavieng 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 airport was first built by the Japanese as a military airbase in 1942.
Facts about Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF):
- The peace that arrived two months later endured a mere two decades more.
- The furthest airport from Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,146 miles (17,937 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- By then, senior intelligence personnel had already begun seriously to contemplate the consolidation of all Air Force-managed intelligence training at one location.
- The closest airport to Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SW of GOF.