Nonstop flight route between Butaritari Atoll, Kiribati and Kapolei, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Butaritari Atoll Airport (BBG), Butaritari Atoll, Kiribati and Kalaeloa Airport (NAX), Kapolei, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,326 miles (or 3,743 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 relatively short distance between Butaritari Atoll Airport and Kalaeloa Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Butaritari Atoll Airport (BBG):

• The closest airport to Butaritari Atoll Airport (BBG) is Marakei Airport (MZK), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) SSE of BBG.
• The Americans pulled out at the end of 1944, abandoning the airfield.
• Butaritari Atoll Airport (BBG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Butaritari Atoll Airport (BBG) is Cape Palmas Airport (CPA), which is located 11,920 miles (19,183 kilometers) away in Cape Palmas, Liberia.
• The airfield was the base of operations for the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force 41st Bombardment Group which flew four squadrons of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers.
• Because of Butaritari Atoll Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Butaritari Atoll 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.

Facts about Kalaeloa Airport (NAX):

• The furthest airport from Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Kalaeloa Airport (meaning Kalaeloa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
• Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) has 3 runways.
• Kalaeloa Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi.
• The closest airport to Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Hickam Field (HIK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) E of NAX.
• Because of Kalaeloa Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalaeloa 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 "Kalaeloa Airport", other names for NAX include "John Rodgers Field", "none" and "JRF".