Nonstop flight route between Batu Licin, Kalimantan, Indonesia and Adak Island, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Batu Licin Airport (BTW), Batu Licin, Kalimantan, Indonesia and Adak Airport (ADK), Adak Island, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,462 miles (or 8,790 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 Batu Licin Airport and Adak 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 Batu Licin Airport and Adak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Batu Licin Airport (BTW):

• Because of Batu Licin Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Batu Licin 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 furthest airport from Batu Licin Airport (BTW) is Canaima Airport (CAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Batu Licin Airport (meaning Batu Licin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canaima Airport), and is located 12,229 miles (19,681 kilometers) away in Canaima, Venezuela.
• The closest airport to Batu Licin Airport (BTW) is Gusti Syamsir Alam Airport (KBU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NE of BTW.

Facts about Adak Airport (ADK):

• The military first developed an air station on Adak during World War II.
• The furthest airport from Adak Airport (ADK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Adak Airport (ADK) is Atka Airport (AKB), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) ENE of ADK.
• Adak Airport (ADK) has 2 runways.
• Adak Airport was once featured on the television reality show, Alaska State Troopers.
• Adak's airport is one of the largest and most sophisticated airports in the Aleutian Islands.
• Because of Adak Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Adak 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.