Nonstop flight route between Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and Kekaha, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO), Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), Kekaha, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,067 miles (or 8,154 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 Dubbo City Regional 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 Dubbo City Regional Airport and PMRF Barking Sands. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO):

• The Mayor of Dubbo, Mathew Dickerson, stated that the council wouldn't back down on the screenings and also stating that "I don't want to be the mayor when a Dubbo plane hits the Harbour Bridge because passengers were not screened".
• The airport resides at an elevation of 935 ft above sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Dubbo City Regional Airport", another name for DBO is "Dubbo City Airport".
• The closest airport to Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of DBO.
• On 14 March 2013, REX announced that it could cut the weekly services, in response to DCC decision to charge for screening, on the Dubbo - Sydney route from 82 to 73 flights from April 2013 and re-deploying its Dubbo - Sydney aircraft for the Wagga Wagga to Sydney route.
• Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) has 2 runways.
• Because of Dubbo City Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 935 feet, planes can take off or land at Dubbo City Regional 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.
• Airplanes began landing in Dubbo in the 1920s, though it wasn't until 1935 that land was purchased for an official airport.
• The furthest airport from Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.

Facts about PMRF Barking Sands (BKH):

• In 1921, the land area known as the Barking Sands was acquired by the Kekaha Sugar Company and became a runway for private planes.
• PMRF Barking Sands (BKH) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• On 27 April 2007, the 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.
• The Navy is currently using PMRF to test hit to kill technology using direct collision of the anti-ballistic missile with its target.