Nonstop flight route between Hawthorne, California, United States and Kolda, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), Hawthorne, California, United States and Kolda North Airport (KDA), Kolda, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,466 miles (or 10,405 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 Hawthorne Municipal Airport and Kolda North 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 Hawthorne Municipal Airport and Kolda North Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR):

• The furthest airport from Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hawthorne Municipal Airport is a mile east of Hawthorne, in Los Angeles County, California.
• The closest airport to Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR) is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) WNW of HHR.
• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft modification center and Air Transport Command to ferry new aircraft to operational units.
• In addition to being known as "Hawthorne Municipal Airport", another name for HHR is "Jack Northrop Field".
• The name Jack Northrop Field comes from the Northrop Aircraft Corporation founded by Jack Northrop, which for years designed, built and flew many classic airplanes, including flying wings, the P-61 Black Widow and the F-89 Scorpion night fighters, the F-5 Freedom Fighter, and the T-38 Talon jet trainer.
• Because of Hawthorne Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Hawthorne Municipal 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.

Facts about Kolda North Airport (KDA):

• Kolda North Airport (KDA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kolda North Airport", another name for KDA is "GODK (was GOGK)".
• The furthest airport from Kolda North Airport (KDA) is Vanua Lava Airport (SLH), which is nearly antipodal to Kolda North Airport (meaning Kolda North Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Vanua Lava Airport), and is located 12,256 miles (19,724 kilometers) away in Sola, Vanua Lava, Torba Province, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Kolda North Airport (KDA) is Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) SW of KDA.
• Because of Kolda North Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Kolda North 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.