Nonstop flight route between Abha / Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia and Kulik Lake, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Abha Regional Airport (AHB), Abha / Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia and Kulik Lake Airport (LKK), Kulik Lake, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,007 miles (or 11,276 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 Abha Regional Airport and Kulik Lake 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 Abha Regional Airport and Kulik Lake Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Abha Regional Airport (AHB):

• The site was new construction area between the cities of Khamis Mushait and Abha and served both equally.
• The closest airport to Abha Regional Airport (AHB) is Bisha Domestic Airport (BHH), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) N of AHB.
• Because of Abha Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,858 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AHB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AHB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Abha Regional Airport (AHB) is Pukarua Airport (PUK), which is nearly antipodal to Abha Regional Airport (meaning Abha Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pukarua Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,980 kilometers) away in Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
• Abha Regional Airport (AHB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Abha Regional Airport", another name for AHB is "مطار أبهـــا".
• The airport has services to several domestic airports within the Kingdom.

Facts about Kulik Lake Airport (LKK):

• Because of Kulik Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 717 feet, planes can take off or land at Kulik Lake 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.
• The furthest airport from Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,709 miles (17,235 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Kulik Lake Airport had 1,842 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, an increase of 21% from the 1,518 enplanements in 2007.
• Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Kulik Lake Airport (LKK) is Big Mountain Air Force Station (BMX), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) N of LKK.
• Kulik Lake Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile south of Kulik Lake, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S.