Nonstop flight route between Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu and Gambell, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lonorore Airport (LNE), Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu and Gambell Airport (GAM), Gambell, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,606 miles (or 9,022 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 Lonorore Airport and Gambell 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 Lonorore Airport and Gambell Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LNE / NVSO |
Airport Name: | Lonorore Airport |
Location: | Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°51'56"S by 168°10'18"E |
Area Served: | Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 43 feet (13 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from LNE |
More Information: | LNE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAM / PAGM |
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Location: | Gambell, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°46'0"N by 171°43'58"W |
Area Served: | Gambell, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 27 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GAM |
More Information: | GAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Lonorore Airport (LNE):
- Lonorore is used for Air Vanuatu domestic flights to Port Vila and Luganville, sometimes via Ambae.
- Near the airport is a small post office which handles all of southern Pentecost's mail.
- The closest airport to Lonorore Airport (LNE) is Sara Airport (SSR), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) N of LNE.
- Because of Lonorore Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Lonorore 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.
- Lonorore Airport or Lonoror is an airport on south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.
- The furthest airport from Lonorore Airport (LNE) is Sélibaby Airport (SEY), which is nearly antipodal to Lonorore Airport (meaning Lonorore Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sélibaby Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Sélibaby, Mauritania.
Facts about Gambell Airport (GAM):
- The furthest airport from Gambell Airport (GAM) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,421 miles (16,771 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- In addition to being known as "Gambell Airport", another name for GAM is "(former Gambell Army Airfield)".
- Gambell Airport (GAM) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 27 February 1974, a Soviet Union An-24LR carrying a crew of 3 and 10 scientists on an ice-reconnaissance mission landed at Gambell due to fuel exhaustion in bad weather, causing a minor Cold War incident.
- Because of Gambell Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Gambell 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 Gambell Airport (GAM) is Savoonga Airport (SVA), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of GAM.