Nonstop flight route between Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines and Kekaha, Hawaii, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Catarman National Airport (CRM), Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines and PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), Kekaha, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,985 miles (or 8,022 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 Catarman National Airport and PMRF Barking Sands, 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 Catarman National Airport and PMRF Barking Sands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRM / RPVF |
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Location: | Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°30'8"N by 124°38'8"E |
Area Served: | Northern Samar |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRM |
More Information: | CRM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKH / PHBK |
Airport Name: | PMRF Barking Sands |
Location: | Kekaha, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°1'22"N by 159°47'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Navy |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKH |
More Information: | BKH Maps & Info |
Facts about Catarman National Airport (CRM):
- In addition to being known as "Catarman National Airport", another name for CRM is "Paliparang Pambansa ng CatarmanNasudnon nga Luparan san Catarman".
- The furthest airport from Catarman National Airport (CRM) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Catarman National Airport (meaning Catarman National Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Catarman National Airport handled 125,049 passengers last year.
- inside the terminal building.
- Catarman National Airport (CRM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Catarman National Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Catarman National 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 Catarman National Airport (CRM) is Calbayog Airport (CYP), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSW of CRM.
Facts about PMRF Barking Sands (BKH):
- The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S.
- The closest airport to PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Port Allen Airport (PAK), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) SE of BKH.
- The furthest airport from PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) is Gobabis Airport (GOG), which is nearly antipodal to PMRF Barking Sands (meaning PMRF Barking Sands is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobabis Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Gobabis, Namibia.
- Because of PMRF Barking Sands's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at PMRF Barking Sands 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.
- When North Korea threatened to launch Taepodong-2 ICBMs toward Hawaii in 2009, the US temporarily deployed THAAD missile batteries to the facility.
- PMRF is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training missile range.
- PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) currently has only 1 runway.