Nonstop flight route between West Bend, Wisconsin, United States and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB), West Bend, Wisconsin, United States and Hickam Field (HIK), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,220 miles (or 6,792 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 West Bend Municipal Airport and Hickam Field, 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 West Bend Municipal Airport and Hickam Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB):

• The furthest airport from West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,029 miles (17,750 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• West Bend Air operates the FBO and provides 100 octane low lead fuel as well as Jet-A fuel.
• Because of West Bend Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 887 feet, planes can take off or land at West Bend 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 closest airport to West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) is Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSE of ETB.
• West Bend Municipal Airport (ETB) has 2 runways.

Facts about Hickam Field (HIK):

• The 15th Wing is composed of four groups each with specific functions.
• The closest airport to Hickam Field (HIK) is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HIK.
• Hickam Field was completed and officially activated on September 15, 1938.
• In 1934, the Army Air Corps saw the need for another airfield in Hawaii when Luke Field on Ford Island became too congested for both air operations and operation of the Hawaiian Air Depot.
• Hickam was the principal army airfield in Hawaii and the only one large enough to accommodate the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
• In addition to being known as "Hickam Field", another name for HIK is "Part of United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)".
• The Quartermaster Corps was assigned the job of constructing a modern airdrome from tangled algaroba brush and sugar cane fields adjacent to Pearl Harbor.
• The furthest airport from Hickam Field (HIK) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Hickam Field (meaning Hickam Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
• Hickam Field (HIK) has 6 runways.
• Because of Hickam Field's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Hickam Field 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 housing around the base is within the Hickam Housing CDP.
• During World War II, the base became a major center for training pilots and assembling aircraft.