Nonstop flight route between Biangabip, Papua New Guinea and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Biangabip Airport (BPK), Biangabip, Papua New Guinea and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,331 miles (or 15,017 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 Biangabip Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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 Biangabip Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Biangabip Airport (BPK):

• Biangabip Airport (BPK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Biangabip Airport (BPK) is Atkamba Airport (ABP), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SW of BPK.
• The furthest airport from Biangabip Airport (BPK) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 11,808 miles (19,002 kilometers) away in Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• – Headquarters, U.S.
• The 379th Combat Support Group, including six squadrons bearing the same numerical designation, was organized for the wing 1 April 1960, and during that same year, the 920th Air Refueling Squadron was transferred from Carswell AFB, Texas flying the KC-135A Stratotanker.
• During this period of time the base was under two commands.
• Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Army Air Forces officials decided the site would better serve defense needs as a maintenance stopover point for aircraft being ferried to the Caribbean and North Africa.
• On 15 September 1945, three years to the day of the base's founding, a massive hurricane barreled through, sending winds of up to 145 mph whistling through the cinderblock buildings.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• Homestead Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 6 miles east-northeast of Homestead, Florida.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.