Nonstop flight route between Stockholm, Sweden and Canton Island, Kiribati:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), Stockholm, Sweden and Canton Island Airport (CIS), Canton Island, Kiribati would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,493 miles (or 13,668 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 Stockholm Bromma Airport and Canton Island 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 Stockholm Bromma Airport and Canton Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA):

• There is parking at the airport, both at the terminal, short-term and long-term parking lots.
• During the 1930s the need for a proper airport for Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, became urgent.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Bromma Airport", another name for BMA is "Stockholm-Bromma flygplats".
• Because of Stockholm Bromma Airport's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Bromma 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.
• The closest airport to Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) N of BMA.
• Stockholm Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden.
• The furthest airport from Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,204 miles (18,030 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• When the airport opened in 1936 the surrounding area was mostly rural, however as the city has expanded noise has become an issue.
• Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• With the opening of the Arlanda Airport in 1960–62, all international traffic moved there, the domestic traffic followed in 1983.

Facts about Canton Island Airport (CIS):

• The closest airport to Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is located 741 miles (1,193 kilometers) WSW of CIS.
• During World War II, Kanton Island was considered part of the British-controlled Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony.
• Kanton Island airport continued to see use during the 1950s as a trans-Pacific stopover for DC-4, DC-6B and DC-7C aircraft for Pan American, British Commonwealth Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Pacific Airlines, but with the advent of long-range jet aircraft during the 1960s, their need for the island faded, and the airfield and its associated facilities were ultimately abandoned in 1965.
• Canton Island Airport (CIS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Canton Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Canton Island 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.
• The Pan American pioneered central air route, Hawaii to the Philippines and Asia by way of stations at Midway, Wake and Guam passed through the Japanese controlled islands with serious concerns about its safety growing in 1941 even as the Army had reinforced the Philippines with a flight of B-17 bombers by way of Midway, Wake and Port Moresby in September.
• The furthest airport from Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Malabo International Airport (SSG), which is nearly antipodal to Canton Island Airport (meaning Canton Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Malabo International Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
• Though Kanton Island was never physically invaded by Japanese forces, the airfield was bombarded on 1 November 1943 by the Japanese submarine I-36.