Nonstop flight route between between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,159 miles (or 11,521 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWI / KBWI |
| Airport Name: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport |
| Location: | between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°10'31"N by 76°40'5"W |
| Area Served: | Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Operator/Owner: | Maryland Aviation Administration |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 146 feet (45 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWI |
| More Information: | BWI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBN / |
| Airport Name: | Ebadon Airstrip |
| Location: | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'1"N by 167°43'58"E |
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from EBN |
| More Information: | EBN Maps & Info |
Facts about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI):
- To accommodate Southwest's extensive presence at the airport, in 2005 Concourses A and B were expanded, renovated, and integrated with one another to house all of that airline's operations there.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is currently in the process of designing a new air traffic control tower that will replace the current tower.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,691 miles (18,814 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handled 22,391,785 passengers last year.
- The first phase of BWI modernization was completed in 1974 at a cost of $30 million.
- The closest airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is Tipton Airport (FME), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of BWI.
- Beginning in the 1980s, and later for much of the 1990s, BWI was a major hub for Piedmont Airlines and successor US Airways, but that airline's financial difficulties in the wake of the dot-com bust, the September 11 attacks, and intense low fare competition forced it to significantly reduce its presence at the airport.
- Currently improvements are being made to widen concourse C.
- Because of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's relatively low elevation of 146 feet, planes can take off or land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall 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 State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transportation, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972.
Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
- Nell has a unique convergence of protected channels and small islands.
- The population of Kwajalein Island is currently around 1,000 individuals, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S.
- The furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- Kwajalein Atoll, is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Enubuj, or "Carlson" Islet which was its 1944 World War II U.S.
- Enmat is mo̧ or taboo, birthplace of the irooj and off-limits to anyone without the blessing of the Iroijlaplap.
- When the first runway was built on Kwajalein island by Korean laborers, the Japanese public school was demolished and moved, with all civil administration, to Namu Atoll, and Islanders were forcibly moved to live on some of the smaller islets in the atoll.
