Nonstop flight route between Kekaha, Hawaii, United States and Winslow, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), Kekaha, Hawaii, United States and Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW), Winslow, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,078 miles (or 4,954 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 PMRF Barking Sands and Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal 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 PMRF Barking Sands and Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKH / PHBK |
Airport Name: | PMRF Barking Sands |
Location: | Kekaha, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°1'22"N by 159°47'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Navy |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKH |
More Information: | BKH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | INW / KINW |
Airport Name: | Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport |
Location: | Winslow, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°1'18"N by 110°43'20"W |
Area Served: | Winslow, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | City of Winslow |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4941 feet (1,506 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from INW |
More Information: | INW Maps & Info |
Facts about PMRF Barking Sands (BKH):
- The closest airport to PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Port Allen Airport (PAK), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) SE of BKH.
- Because of PMRF Barking Sands's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at PMRF Barking Sands 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 1921, the land area known as the Barking Sands was acquired by the Kekaha Sugar Company and became a runway for private planes.
- When North Korea threatened to launch Taepodong-2 ICBMs toward Hawaii in 2009, the US temporarily deployed THAAD missile batteries to the facility.
- PMRF is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training missile range.
- The furthest airport from PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Gobabis Airport (GOG), which is nearly antipodal to PMRF Barking Sands (meaning PMRF Barking Sands is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobabis Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Gobabis, Namibia.
- On 27 April 2007, the U.S.
- PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW):
- Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of INW.
- Winslow Airport is served by Wiseman Aviation as a FBO and is regularly visited by Cooper Aerial an aerial photography firm.
- The airport was founded in 1929 by Transcontinental Air Transport as a transcontinental air route.
- Because of Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,941 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at INW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make INW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.