Nonstop flight route between Hanoi, Vietnam and Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nội Bài International Airport (HAN), Hanoi, Vietnam and Wake Island Airfield (AWK), Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,921 miles (or 6,309 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 Nội Bài International Airport and Wake Island Airfield, 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 Nội Bài International Airport and Wake Island Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nội Bài International Airport (HAN):

• The closest airport to Nội Bài International Airport (HAN) is Cat Bi International Airport (HPH), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of HAN.
• As of December 2011, there was only one passenger terminal at Nội Bài Airport.
• Because of Nội Bài International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Nội Bài 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.
• Nội Bài International Airport (HAN) has 2 runways.
• The distance between the two runways is only 250 metres, so the airport has a maximum capacity of 10 million passengers a year in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organisation safety regulations.
• The furthest airport from Nội Bài International Airport (HAN) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Nội Bài International Airport (meaning Nội Bài International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,174 miles (19,591 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
• At 650 ha, Noi Bai is the second-largest airport in Vietnam, behind the 800 ha Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Nội Bài International Airport", another name for HAN is "Sân bay Quốc tế Nội Bài".

Facts about Wake Island Airfield (AWK):

• On 26 December 1940, implementing the Hepburn Board's recommendations, a pioneer party of 80 men and 2,000 short tons of equipment sailed for Wake Island from Oahu.
• Wake Island Airfield (AWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• The closest airport to Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) SE of AWK.
• From 1935 until 1940, when two typhoons swept Wake with resultant extensive damage to the now elaborately developed Pan American facilities, development and use of the base were steady but uneventful.
• Because of Wake Island Airfield's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Wake Island Airfield 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 first intention to build an air base surfaced in 1935, when Pan American World Airways selected Wake Island as an intermediate support base for their routes to the Far East, especially the Philippines.