Nonstop flight route between Atambua, Indonesia and Albina, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Haliwen Airport (ABU), Atambua, Indonesia and Albina Airstrip (ABN), Albina, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,163 miles (or 19,575 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 Haliwen Airport and Albina 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 Haliwen Airport and Albina Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between ABU and ABN makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Haliwen Airport and Albina Airstrip would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between ABU and ABN are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Atambua, Indonesia and Albina, Suriname by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between ABU and ABN!

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Facts about Haliwen Airport (ABU):

• In addition to being known as "Haliwen Airport", another name for ABU is "WATA".
• Haliwen Airport (ABU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Haliwen Airport (ABU) is Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NE of ABU.
• The furthest airport from Haliwen Airport (ABU) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is nearly antipodal to Haliwen Airport (meaning Haliwen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zorg en Hoop Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,623 kilometers) away in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Facts about Albina Airstrip (ABN):

• Albina Airstrip (ABN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Albina Airstrip (ABN) is Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) W of ABN.
• The furthest airport from Albina Airstrip (ABN) is Namrole Airport (NRE), which is nearly antipodal to Albina Airstrip (meaning Albina Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Namrole Airport), and is located 12,311 miles (19,812 kilometers) away in Buru, Indonesia.