Nonstop flight route between Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Cabinda, Angola:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wainwright Airport (AIN), Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Cabinda Airport (CAB), Cabinda, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,930 miles (or 12,761 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 Wainwright Airport and Cabinda 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 Wainwright Airport and Cabinda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wainwright Airport (AIN):

• In addition to being known as "Wainwright Airport", another name for AIN is "AWI".
• The closest airport to Wainwright Airport (AIN) is Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport (ATK), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) E of AIN.
• The radar station was upgraded in the late 1980s with new radars and in 1989 was re-designated part of the North Warning System as a Long Range Radar Site, A-16, controlled by the Pacific Air Forces 611th Air Support Group, based at Elmendorf AFB.
• Because of Wainwright Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Wainwright 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.
• Wainwright Airport is a public use airport located in Wainwright, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S.
• Wainwright Airport (AIN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Wainwright Airport resides at elevation of 45 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Wainwright Airport (AIN) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,348 miles (16,654 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.

Facts about Cabinda Airport (CAB):

• The closest airport to Cabinda Airport (CAB) is Muanda Airport (Moanda Airport) (MNB), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) SSE of CAB.
• Because of Cabinda Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Cabinda 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 "Cabinda Airport", other names for CAB include "Aeroporto de Cabinda (Cabinda)" and "Aeroporto de Cabinda".
• The furthest airport from Cabinda Airport (CAB) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Cabinda Airport (CAB) currently has only 1 runway.