Nonstop flight route between Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Labuan Bajo, Flores Island, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States and Komodo Airport (LBJ), Labuan Bajo, Flores Island, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,092 miles (or 16,242 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Komodo 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 Nantucket Memorial Airport and Komodo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK):

• The closest airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WNW of ACK.
• The furthest airport from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,858 miles (19,083 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) has 3 runways.
• In the late 1930s, a man named Holm began allowing the Town of Nantucket to use fields on his property as an airfield.
• Up through the 1990s, a variety of other carriers served the airport, some of which used jet airliners as large as McDonnell Douglas DC-9s.
• Because of Nantucket Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Nantucket Memorial 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 Komodo Airport (LBJ):

• Komodo Airport (LBJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Komodo Airport (LBJ) is Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW), which is located 82 miles (131 kilometers) E of LBJ.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 67 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Komodo Airport (LBJ) is El Dorado Airport (EOR), which is nearly antipodal to Komodo Airport (meaning Komodo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Dorado Airport), and is located 12,277 miles (19,758 kilometers) away in El Dorado, Venezuela.
• Because of Komodo Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Komodo 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.
• In addition to being known as "Komodo Airport", other names for LBJ include "Bandar Udara Komodo" and "Mutiara II Airport".