Nonstop flight route between Emmonak, Alaska, United States and Roswell, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Emmonak Airport (EMK), Emmonak, Alaska, United States and Roswell International Air Center (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,260 miles (or 5,247 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 Emmonak Airport and Roswell International Air Center, 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 Emmonak Airport and Roswell International Air Center. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Emmonak Airport (EMK):

• Because of Emmonak Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Emmonak 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 Emmonak Airport (EMK) is Alakanuk Airport (AUK), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of EMK.
• Emmonak Airport (EMK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Emmonak Airport (EMK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,441 miles (16,804 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Emmonak Airport", another name for EMK is "ENM".

Facts about Roswell International Air Center (ROW):

• The furthest airport from Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Roswell International Air Center (ROW) has 2 runways.
• In 1966, the Air Force announced that Walker AFB would be closed.
• Roswell International Air Center, also known as Roswell Industrial Air Center, is a city-owned public-use airport located seven miles south of the central business district of Roswell, a city in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
• The closest airport to Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ROW.
• RIAC is the home of the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center.
• It is also known for the Roswell UFO incident, an event that supposedly happened on July 4, 1947.
• On April 2, 2011, a Gulfstream G650 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport during a test flight that was being conducted by the manufacturer of this large business jet, killing all four aboard.
• A New Mexico National Guard unit uses some of the buildings of the facility.