Nonstop flight route between Altay, Xinjiang, China and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Altay Airport (AAT), Altay, Xinjiang, China and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,293 miles (or 8,518 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 Altay 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 Altay 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: | AAT / ZWAT |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Altay, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'1"N by 88°5'3"E |
Area Served: | Altay, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Administration of China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2460 feet (750 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAT |
More Information: | AAT 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 Altay Airport (AAT):
- Altay Airport (AAT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Altay Airport (AAT) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Altay Airport", other names for AAT include "阿勒泰机场" and "Ālètài Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Altay Airport (AAT) is Kanas Airport (KJI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of AAT.
Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- In the late 1930s, Japan began to centralize military power in Micronesia in line with its expansionism into the South and throughout Oceania.
- 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.
- Enmat is mo̧ or taboo, birthplace of the irooj and off-limits to anyone without the blessing of the Iroijlaplap.
- 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.
- By the 1950s, the Marshallese population working at the base at Kwajalein had grown, and the conditions in the makeshift labor camp on Kwajalein islet were such that the U.S.
- The water temperature averages 81 °F degrees and underwater visibility is typically 100 feet on the ocean side of the atoll.
- Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll.
- The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
- Omelek is uninhabited and leased by the U.S.