Nonstop flight route between Gabbs, Nevada, United States and Biak, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gabbs Airport (GAB), Gabbs, Nevada, United States and Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), Biak, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,123 miles (or 11,464 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 Gabbs Airport and Frans Kaisiepo 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 Gabbs Airport and Frans Kaisiepo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAB / KGAB | 
| Airport Name: | Gabbs Airport | 
| Location: | Gabbs, Nevada, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°55'27"N by 117°57'32"W | 
| Area Served: | Gabbs, Nevada | 
| Operator/Owner: | Nye County | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4700 feet (1,433 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GAB | 
| More Information: | GAB Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIK / WABB | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Biak, Indonesia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°11'23"S by 136°6'26"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | PT Angkasa Pura I | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BIK | 
| More Information: | BIK Maps & Info | 
Facts about Gabbs Airport (GAB):
- Gabbs Airport (GAB) has 2 runways.
- Because of Gabbs Airport's high elevation of 4,700 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GAB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GAB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Gabbs Airport (GAB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,159 miles (17,959 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Gabbs Airport (GAB) is Hawthorne Industrial Airport (HTH), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SW of GAB.
Facts about Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK):
- Postwar, the airfield complex became a major reclamation site for all types of surplus Allied aircraft.
- Because of Frans Kaisiepo Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Frans Kaisiepo 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 Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (meaning Frans Kaisiepo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
- Japan then attempted to build a second military airfield in Samao county.
- Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1990,the Airport's management and operation was handed over to Angkasa Pura I.
- In addition to being known as "Frans Kaisiepo Airport", another name for BIK is "Bandara Frans Kaisiepo".
- The closest airport to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) WNW of BIK.
- Frans Kaisiepo Airport handled 366 passengers last year.




