Nonstop flight route between Asau, Samoa and Phoenix, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Asau Airport (AAU), Asau, Samoa and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,138 miles (or 8,269 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 Asau Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International 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 Asau Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Asau Airport (AAU):

• The small tarmac can only fit two Twin Otter planes, with an aircraft parking shed located near the tarmac.
• Since then, the airport terminal was rebuilt and a new paved runway was installed.
• The furthest airport from Asau Airport (AAU) is Maradi Airport (MFQ), which is nearly antipodal to Asau Airport (meaning Asau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maradi Airport), and is located 12,419 miles (19,987 kilometers) away in Maradi, Niger.
• The closest airport to Asau Airport (AAU) is Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of AAU.

Facts about Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX):

• The closest airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is Scottsdale Airport (SCF), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNE of PHX.
• The furthest airport from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,427 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a civil-military public airport 3 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona.
• Phoenix has consistent winds, and Sky Harbor is one of the largest airports in the world to have all runways parallel.
• In 2007 the Transportation Security Administration introduced the first of its backscatter X-ray machines at PHX.
• Terminal 2 has 9 gates and three parking slots.
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has 3 runways.
• Bonanza Airlines moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Phoenix in 1966.
• Terminal 4, also designed by DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., opened in 1990 and has more than 90 gates, divided into seven satellite concourses connected behind security.