Nonstop flight route between Kapolei, Hawaii, United States and Branson, Missouri, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kalaeloa Airport (NAX), Kapolei, Hawaii, United States and Branson Airport (BKG), Branson, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,987 miles (or 6,417 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 Kalaeloa Airport and Branson 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 Kalaeloa Airport and Branson Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAX / PHJR |
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Location: | Kapolei, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°18'25"N by 158°4'13"W |
Operator/Owner: | Hawaii Department of Transportation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAX |
More Information: | NAX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKG / KBBG |
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Location: | Branson, Missouri, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°31'54"N by 93°12'2"W |
Area Served: | Branson, Missouri |
Operator/Owner: | Branson Airport, LLC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1302 feet (397 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKG |
More Information: | BKG Maps & Info |
Facts about Kalaeloa Airport (NAX):
- The closest airport to Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Hickam Field (HIK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) E of NAX.
- In addition to being known as "Kalaeloa Airport", other names for NAX include "John Rodgers Field", "none" and "JRF".
- Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) has 3 runways.
- NAS Barbers Point was closed by Base Realignment and Closure action in the late 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing Two and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37, relocating to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, now Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on the other side of the island.
- Because of Kalaeloa Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalaeloa 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 Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Kalaeloa Airport (meaning Kalaeloa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
Facts about Branson Airport (BKG):
- The closest airport to Branson Airport (BKG) is M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of BKG.
- There were two airlines operating at the time of Branson's opening, AirTran Airways and Sun Country Airlines.
- The airport opened on May 11, 2009.
- On August 27, 2012, Southwest Airlines announced they would be taking over all AirTran flights at the airport on March 9, 2013.
- Prior to construction of Branson Airport, the closest commercial service airport was Springfield-Branson National Airport 50 miles northwest of Branson.
- The furthest airport from Branson Airport (BKG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,835 miles (17,438 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The construction of the airport, which involved the flattening of several Ozark Mountains, is claimed to be the largest earthmoving project in Missouri history.
- In addition to being known as "Branson Airport", another name for BKG is "BBG".
- Branson Airport (BKG) currently has only 1 runway.
- On February 24, 2014, Frontier Airlines announced that their Branson to Denver service would be upgraded from seasonal to daily beginning June 9, 2014.