Nonstop flight route between San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between San Fernando Airport (SFE), San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,236 miles (or 5,208 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 San Fernando Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 San Fernando Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SFE / RPUS |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°35'44"N by 120°18'11"E |
Area Served: | San Fernando City, La Union |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SFE |
More Information: | SFE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBN / |
Airport Name: | Ebadon Airstrip |
Location: | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'1"N by 167°43'58"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from EBN |
More Information: | EBN Maps & Info |
Facts about San Fernando Airport (SFE):
- San Fernando Airport (SFE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Loakan Airport (BAG), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SFE.
- In addition to being known as "San Fernando Airport", another name for SFE is "Paliparan ng San Fernando Pagtayaban ti San Fernando".
- The furthest airport from San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Concepción Airport (CEP), which is nearly antipodal to San Fernando Airport (meaning San Fernando Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Concepción Airport), and is located 12,279 miles (19,762 kilometers) away in Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Because of San Fernando Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Fernando 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 Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- The water temperature averages 81 °F degrees and underwater visibility is typically 100 feet on the ocean side of the atoll.
- Gugeegue or Gugegwe is an islet north of Ebeye, and is the northernmost point of the concrete causeway connecting the islets between them.
- The furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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.
- Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water.
- The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
- Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll.
- As a result of the Battle of Kwajalein, the lagoon contains wrecks of mostly Japanese ships and a few planes.
- After the war, a US Naval War Crimes court tried several Japanese naval officers here for war crimes committed elsewhere.