Nonstop flight route between Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands and Sayak Airport (SOS), Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,844 miles (or 4,577 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 Ebadon Airstrip and Sayak 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 Ebadon Airstrip and Sayak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• In the late 1930s, Japan began to centralize military power in Micronesia in line with its expansionism into the South and throughout Oceania.
• In the years following, Kwajalein Atoll was converted into a staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland in the Pacific War.
• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
• Ebeye is not part of the Reagan Test Site.
• Legan is uninhabited but it does have a few buildings on the southern part of the island.

Facts about Sayak Airport (SOS):

• Sayak Airport handled 781 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sayak Airport (SOS) is Surigao Airport (SUG), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) W of SOS.
• Sayak Airport (SOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sayak Airport", other names for SOS include "Paliparan ng Sayak", "IAO" and "RPNS".
• The furthest airport from Sayak Airport (SOS) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Sayak Airport (meaning Sayak Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,904 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Because of Sayak Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sayak 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.