Nonstop flight route between Canton Island, Kiribati and Port-au-Prince, Haiti:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Canton Island Airport (CIS), Canton Island, Kiribati and Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,896 miles (or 11,097 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 Canton Island Airport and Toussaint L'Ouverture International 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 Canton Island Airport and Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CIS / PCIS |
Airport Name: | Canton Island Airport |
Location: | Canton Island, Kiribati |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°46'9"S by 171°42'19"W |
Elevation: | 9 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CIS |
More Information: | CIS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PAP / MTPP |
Airport Name: | Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport |
Location: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°34'47"N by 72°17'33"W |
Area Served: | Port-au-Prince |
Operator/Owner: | Office National de l'Aviation Civile |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 109 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PAP |
More Information: | PAP Maps & Info |
Facts about Canton Island Airport (CIS):
- Canton Island Airport is an airport located on Kanton Island, in the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati.
- Canton Island Airport (CIS) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- During World War II, Kanton Island was considered part of the British-controlled Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony.
- The closest airport to Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is located 741 miles (1,193 kilometers) WSW of CIS.
Facts about Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP):
- Because of Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussaint L'Ouverture International 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is Jacmel Airport (JAK), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of PAP.
- Currently, international passengers are transported by bus to a warehouse near the terminal where they go through customs and immigration processing.
- As of July 2011, Toussaint Louverture serves as operating hub for scheduled domestic airlines Salsa d'Haiti and Tortug' Air.
- Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,953 miles (19,236 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.