Nonstop flight route between Makemo, French Polynesia and Leesburg, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Makemo Airport (MKP), Makemo, French Polynesia and Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), Leesburg, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,736 miles (or 9,232 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 Makemo Airport and Leesburg Executive 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 Makemo Airport and Leesburg Executive Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MKP / NTGM |
Airport Name: | Makemo Airport |
Location: | Makemo, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°35'16"S by 143°39'16"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from MKP |
More Information: | MKP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JYO / KJYO |
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Location: | Leesburg, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°4'41"N by 77°33'27"W |
Area Served: | Leesburg, Virginia |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Leesburg |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 389 feet (119 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JYO |
More Information: | JYO Maps & Info |
Facts about Makemo Airport (MKP):
- The closest airport to Makemo Airport (MKP) is Raroia Airport (RRR), which is located 87 miles (139 kilometers) ENE of MKP.
- The furthest airport from Makemo Airport (MKP) is Kassala Airport (KSL), which is nearly antipodal to Makemo Airport (meaning Makemo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kassala Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Kassala, Sudan.
- Because of Makemo Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Makemo 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.
Facts about Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO):
- The closest airport to Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO) is Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SSE of JYO.
- Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Leesburg Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 389 feet, planes can take off or land at Leesburg Executive 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 Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,650 miles (18,749 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In 1986, the Federal Aviation Administration consolidated its 308 Flight Service Stations into 61 'automated' stations.
- The airport is currently a designated general aviation reliever airport for Dulles International, 10 miles to the southeast, and in 2008 hosted 231 aircraft based on the field and an average of 265 aircraft operations per day.
- In addition to being known as "Leesburg Executive Airport", another name for JYO is "Godfrey Field".