Nonstop flight route between Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Perm, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wake Island Airfield (AWK), Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Perm International Airport (PEE), Perm, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,809 miles (or 9,349 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 Wake Island Airfield and Perm International 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 Wake Island Airfield and Perm International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wake Island Airfield (AWK):

• Wake Island Airfield is a military airport located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island.
• British Overseas Airways Corporation also used Wake Island as a refueling stop.
• Because of Wake Island Airfield's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Wake Island Airfield 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 first intention to build an air base surfaced in 1935, when Pan American World Airways selected Wake Island as an intermediate support base for their routes to the Far East, especially the Philippines.
• The furthest airport from Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) SE of AWK.
• Wake Island Airfield (AWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Between 5 and 29 May 1935, Pan American's air base construction vessel, North Haven, landed supplies and equipment on Wilkes Island for eventual rehandling to Peale Island which, because of its more suitable soil and geology, had been selected as site for the PAA seaplane base.

Facts about Perm International Airport (PEE):

• In 2011, it became official that Perm needed a new airport, and with Putin becoming the president of Russia in 2012, and his ideals of increasing regional aviation, modeling of the new airport began.
• It is a joint civil-military airfield with a small number of fighter and bomber pads.
• The closest airport to Perm International Airport (PEE) is Izhevsk Airport (IJK), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) SW of PEE.
• Perm International Airport (PEE) currently has only 1 runway.
• This two-storey building, the ground floor being full size, and half size the level above, has been conceived as unique great roof in the shape of a delta covering a processor for domestic and international flights..
• Because of Perm International Airport's relatively low elevation of 397 feet, planes can take off or land at Perm International 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 "Perm International Airport", another name for PEE is "Международный аэропорт Пермь".
• The furthest airport from Perm International Airport (PEE) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,395 miles (16,729 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.