Nonstop flight route between Buraidah, Saudi Arabia and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ), Buraidah, Saudi Arabia and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,969 miles (or 12,824 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 Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ):

• The closest airport to Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ) is Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), which is located 130 miles (209 kilometers) S of ELQ.
• Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (meaning Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• As a result of the Battle of Kwajalein, the lagoon contains wrecks of mostly Japanese ships and a few planes.
• Roi-Namur has several radar installations and a small residential community of unaccompanied U.S.
• Kwajalein Island is the southernmost, and the largest, of the islands in the Kwajalein atoll.
• Kwajalein Atoll, is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
• Of the 8,782 Japanese personnel deployed to the atoll, 7,870 "Japanese" were killed.
• Ennylabegan, or "Carlos" Islet, is also site of a small Marshall Islander community that has decreased in size in recent decades but was once a bigger village.
• Kwajalein Atoll was an important cultural site to the Marshallese people of the Ralik chain.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.