Nonstop flight route between Enewetak, Marshall Islands and Cairo, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT), Enewetak, Marshall Islands and Cairo International Airport (CAI), Cairo, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,097 miles (or 13,030 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 Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield and Cairo International 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 Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield and Cairo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT):

• Because of Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Enewetak Auxiliary 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.
• The furthest airport from Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (meaning Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,114 miles (19,496 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) is Bikini Atoll Airport (BII), which is located 220 miles (354 kilometers) E of ENT.

Facts about Cairo International Airport (CAI):

• Cairo International Airport handled 14,711,500 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Alexandria International Airport (ALY), which is located 113 miles (183 kilometers) NW of CAI.
• Cairo International Airport (CAI) has 3 runways.
• On 20 September 2011 Prime Minister Sharaf inaugurated the new Seasonal Flights Terminal, located west of Terminal 3.
• The terminal will include larger and more modern retail areas and will also include Airbus A380 gates.
• The airport has four terminals, with the third opening on 27 April 2009 and the Seasonal Flights Terminal opening on 20 September 2011.
• The furthest airport from Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,878 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• In August 2011, Turkey's Limak Holding won the tender for modernizing the terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Cairo International Airport", another name for CAI is "مطار القاهرة الدولي".
• As of 2009 the façade of the terminal was being upgraded.
• Because of Cairo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 382 feet, planes can take off or land at Cairo International 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.