Nonstop flight route between Mangere, New Zealand and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,192 miles (or 5,137 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 Auckland Airport and Ebadon 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 Auckland Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):

• Before 2006 Auckland Airport arriving and departing passengers were allowed to mingle airside.
• Auckland International Airport Limited was formed in 1988, when the New Zealand Government corporatised the airport.
• Auckland Airport's main access is by road.
• Because of Auckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Auckland 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 2009, an extension to the international terminal was constructed, creating Pier B.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Auckland Airport (AKL) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Auckland Airport (meaning Auckland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
• The site of the airport was first used as an airfield by the Auckland Aero Club.
• Auckland Airport decided that rather than building a new sub-top level to stream arriving passengers, they would build a new departures floor for passengers to "drop down" into the existing gate lounges on the first floor, which would be closed off from a central arrivals corridor by glass.

Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• Gugeegue or Gugegwe is an islet north of Ebeye, and is the northernmost point of the concrete causeway connecting the islets between them.
• Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• In the years following, Kwajalein Atoll was converted into a staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland in the Pacific War.
• Kwajalein Atoll, is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
• Kwajalein Atoll was an important cultural site to the Marshallese people of the Ralik chain.
• In the late 1930s, Japan began to centralize military power in Micronesia in line with its expansionism into the South and throughout Oceania.
• Roi-Namur has several radar installations and a small residential community of unaccompanied U.S.
• The water temperature averages 81 °F degrees and underwater visibility is typically 100 feet on the ocean side of the atoll.
• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.