Nonstop flight route between Caribou, Maine, United States and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR), Caribou, Maine, United States and Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,299 miles (or 11,747 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 Caribou Municipal Airport and Bucholz Army Airfield, 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 Caribou Municipal Airport and Bucholz Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR):

• Because of Caribou Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 626 feet, planes can take off or land at Caribou Municipal 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.
• Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,559 miles (18,602 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR) is Loring International Airport (LIZ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of CAR.

Facts about Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA):

• Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bucholz Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Bucholz Army Airfield 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.
• After the seizure from the Japanese, Kwajalein was developed into a major American base and staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland.
• The USAAF combat units remained until fall, 1944 until being moved forwards into the Marianas, being assigned to airfields on Guam and Saipan.
• The closest airport to Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) is Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) SSE of KWA.
• The furthest airport from Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Bucholz Army Airfield (meaning Bucholz Army Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,283 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.