Nonstop flight route between Gobabis, Namibia and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gobabis Airport (GOG), Gobabis, Namibia and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,354 miles (or 11,836 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 Gobabis Airport and John F. Kennedy 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 Gobabis Airport and John F. Kennedy 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 Gobabis Airport (GOG):

• Gobabis Airport (GOG) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gobabis Airport (GOG) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Gobabis Airport (meaning Gobabis Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Gobabis Airport (GOG) is Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), which is located 97 miles (156 kilometers) W of GOG.
• Because of Gobabis Airport's high elevation of 4,815 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• Terminal 2 opened in 1962 as the home of Northeast Airlines, Braniff and Northwest Airlines, and is now exclusively used and operated by Delta Air Lines.
• The Port Authority leased the airport property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy 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.
• The terminal buildings, with the exception of the former Tower Air terminal, are arranged in a deformed U-shaped wavy pattern around a central area containing parking, a power plant, and other airport facilities.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• JFK has over 25 miles of taxiways to move aircraft in and around the airfield.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
• British Airways is currently evaluating the future of Terminal 7, as its lease with the Port Authority ends in 2015.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.