Nonstop flight route between Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands and Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ailinglaplap Atoll (AIP), Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands and Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH), Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,622 miles (or 10,657 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 Ailinglaplap Atoll and Southwest Michigan Regional 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 Ailinglaplap Atoll and Southwest Michigan Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AIP / |
Airport Name: | Ailinglaplap Atoll |
Location: | Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°24'0"N by 168°45'0"E |
View all routes: | Routes from AIP |
More Information: | AIP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEH / KBEH |
Airport Name: | Southwest Michigan Regional Airport |
Location: | Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°7'42"N by 86°25'33"W |
Area Served: | Benton Harbor, Michigan / St. Joseph, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Benton Harbor / St. Joseph |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 649 feet (198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEH |
More Information: | BEH Maps & Info |
Facts about Ailinglaplap Atoll (AIP):
- Ailinglaplap or Ailinglapalap is a coral atoll of 56 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain in the Marshall Islands.
- The furthest airport from Ailinglaplap Atoll (AIP) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ailinglaplap Atoll (meaning Ailinglaplap Atoll is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,218 miles (19,663 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Ailinglaplap Atoll (AIP) is Woja Airport (WJA), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WNW of AIP.
- The current Iroijlaplap of Ailinglaplap is Anjua Loeak.
Facts about Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH):
- Southwest Michigan Regional Airport covers an area of 485 acres at an elevation of 649 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Southwest Michigan Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 649 feet, planes can take off or land at Southwest Michigan Regional 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.
- There is no commercial airline with scheduled passenger service at the airport.
- Opened in 1973, the air traffic control tower sits abandoned to the present day after its closure during a 1981 controller strike.
- It was previously served from 1995 to 2000 by Mesaba Airlines, offering five daily flights to the Northwest Airlines hub at Detroit.
- Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,140 miles (17,929 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (BEH) is Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport (NLE), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSE of BEH.