Nonstop flight route between Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,902 miles (or 4,670 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Kona International Airport at Keāhole, 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and Kona International Airport at Keāhole. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE):

• Bryce Canyon Airport is a public airport located four miles north of Bryce Canyon, in Garfield County, Utah, United States.
• The closest airport to Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of BCE.
• The furthest airport from Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,168 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Bryce Canyon Airport covers an area of 215 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 7,395 x 75 ft.
• United Airlines Flight 608 a DC-6 was on a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947 about 1.5 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board.
• The Garfield County Airport Hangar is significant as an unusual example of a log hangar.
• Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bryce Canyon Airport's high elevation of 7,590 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BCE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BCE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA):

• The closest airport to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of KOA.
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole handled 2,649,493 passengers last year.
• Runway extension to 11,000 feet was in 1994, making it the largest in the Hawaiian Islands after Honolulu.
• The furthest airport from Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (meaning Kona International Airport at Keāhole is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• Because of Kona International Airport at Keāhole's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Kona International Airport at Keāhole 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 state government of Hawaiʻi facility operates a runway and a terminal complex of single story buildings along the eastern edge of the airfield for passengers, air cargo and mail, airport support, and general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Kona International Airport at Keāhole", another name for KOA is "Kona International Airport".
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kona Airport's master plan, completed in 2010, calls for a second runway while keeping the option to extend the airport's primary runway to 12,000 feet if required.