Nonstop flight route between Windhoek, Namibia and Crookston, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eros Airport (ERS), Windhoek, Namibia and Crookston Municipal Airport (CKN), Crookston, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,449 miles (or 13,597 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 Eros Airport and Crookston Municipal 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 Eros Airport and Crookston Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Eros Airport (ERS):

• The closest airport to Eros Airport (ERS) is Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of ERS.
• In addition to being known as "Eros Airport", another name for ERS is "Windhoek Eros Airport".
• Eros Airport or Windhoek Eros Airport is an airport serving Windhoek, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia.
• Eros Airport (ERS) has 2 runways.
• Because of Eros Airport's high elevation of 5,575 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ERS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ERS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 5,575 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Eros Airport (ERS) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Eros Airport (meaning Eros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,232 miles (19,686 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Crookston Municipal Airport (CKN):

• Crookston Municipal Airport (CKN) has 3 runways.
• Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944.
• Crookston Municipal Airport, also known as Kirkwood Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles north of the central business district of Crookston, a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.
• Crookston Municipal Airport covers an area of 633 acres at an elevation of 899 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Crookston Municipal Airport (CKN) is Thief River Falls Regional Airport (TVF), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of CKN.
• In addition to being known as "Crookston Municipal Airport", another name for CKN is "Kirkwood Field".
• Because of Crookston Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 899 feet, planes can take off or land at Crookston Municipal 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 furthest airport from Crookston Municipal Airport (CKN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,541 miles (16,964 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.