Nonstop flight route between Longview, Texas, United States and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Texas Regional Airport (GGG), Longview, Texas, United States and Takoradi Airport (TKD), Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,208 miles (or 9,991 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 East Texas Regional Airport and Takoradi 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 East Texas Regional Airport and Takoradi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about East Texas Regional Airport (GGG):

• East Texas Regional Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres at an elevation of 365 feet above mean sea level.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 24,835 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 24,944 enplanements in 2009, and 21,830 in 2010.
• East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) has 2 runways.
• Because of East Texas Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 365 feet, planes can take off or land at East Texas Regional 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.
• In 2007 the airport was awarded a $6.5 million Airport Improvement Program grant to accomplish major updates to the facility.
• Runway 13/31 was also a stand-by recovery point for the Space Shuttle Program.
• East Texas Regional is also home to LeTourneau University's School of Aeronautical Science.
• The furthest airport from East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,861 miles (17,479 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) is Harrison County Airport (ASL), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) ENE of GGG.

Facts about Takoradi Airport (TKD):

• The closest airport to Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Aboisso Airport (ABO), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) WNW of TKD.
• Because of Takoradi Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Takoradi 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.
• Takoradi Airport (TKD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Takoradi Airport (meaning Takoradi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.