Nonstop flight route between Djanet, Algeria and Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG), Djanet, Algeria and Wake Island Airfield (AWK), Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,057 miles (or 14,576 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 Djanet Tiska Airport and Wake Island 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 Djanet Tiska Airport and Wake Island Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG):

• In addition to being known as "Djanet Tiska Airport", another name for DJG is "Djanet Tiska/Inedbirene Airport (Djanet)".
• The closest airport to Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG) is Ghat Airport (GHT), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) NE of DJG.
• The furthest airport from Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is nearly antipodal to Djanet Tiska Airport (meaning Djanet Tiska Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fuaʻamotu International Airport), and is located 12,076 miles (19,434 kilometers) away in Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.
• Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Wake Island Airfield (AWK):

• On 26 December 1940, implementing the Hepburn Board's recommendations, a pioneer party of 80 men and 2,000 short tons of equipment sailed for Wake Island from Oahu.
• The furthest airport from Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• Wake Island Airfield (AWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Japan Airlines used both Wake Island and Honolulu as stops on its initial Tokyo-San Francisco service using Douglas DC-6s in the mid-1950s.
• The closest airport to Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) SE of AWK.
• Because of Wake Island Airfield's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Wake Island 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.