Nonstop flight route between Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States and Biak, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield (HAX), Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States and Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), Biak, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,370 miles (or 13,469 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 Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield 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 Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield and Frans Kaisiepo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield (HAX):

• The closest airport to Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield (HAX) is Davis Field (MKO), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SSE of HAX.
• Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield (HAX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1929, the airfield was described as a municipal airport, operated by the Army Air Corps, and having a beacon light.
• The furthest airport from Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield (HAX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,740 miles (17,284 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Hatbox FieldHatbox Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 627 feet, planes can take off or land at Hatbox FieldHatbox Army 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.

Facts about Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK):

• 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.
• There is a terminal with a Check-in Hall,a departure hall,and an arrival hall
• With the advent of jet airliners such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, the airport went through another modernization to start accommodating them.
• 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 (BIK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Mokmer Airfield is located to the west of Mokmer village on Biak, parallel to the coastline and the Japen Straight and is the only one of the three currently used as an airport, now called Frans Kaisiepo International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Frans Kaisiepo Airport", another name for BIK is "Bandara Frans Kaisiepo".
• Borokoe Airfield is due west of Mokmer, along the beach.
• 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.
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport handled 366 passengers last year.