Nonstop flight route between Honolulu, Hawaii, United States and Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hickam Field (HIK), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States and Bhadrapur Airport (BDP), Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,920 miles (or 11,136 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 Hickam Field and Bhadrapur 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 Hickam Field and Bhadrapur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIK / PHIK |
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| Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°19'6"N by 157°55'21"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 6 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HIK |
| More Information: | HIK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDP / VNCG |
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| Location: | Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°34'14"N by 88°4'45"E |
| Area Served: | Bhadrapur / Chandragadhi, Nepal |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 300 feet (91 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BDP |
| More Information: | BDP Maps & Info |
Facts about Hickam Field (HIK):
- Hickam Field is a United States Air Force facility, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.
- Hickam Field (HIK) has 6 runways.
- The closest airport to Hickam Field (HIK) is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HIK.
- In 1934, the Army Air Corps saw the need for another airfield in Hawaii when Luke Field on Ford Island became too congested for both air operations and operation of the Hawaiian Air Depot.
- In addition to being known as "Hickam Field", another name for HIK is "Part of United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)".
- The furthest airport from Hickam Field (HIK) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Hickam Field (meaning Hickam Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
- After World War II, the Air Force in Hawai‘i consisted primarily of the Air Transport Command and its successor, the Military Air Transport Service, until 1 July 1957 when Headquarters Far East Air Forces completed its move from Japan to Hawai‘i and was redesignated the Pacific Air Forces.
- Because of Hickam Field's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Hickam Field 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 Quartermaster Corps was assigned the job of constructing a modern airdrome from tangled algaroba brush and sugar cane fields adjacent to Pearl Harbor.
Facts about Bhadrapur Airport (BDP):
- Bhadrapur Airport (BDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bhadrapur Airport (BDP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,358 miles (18,279 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Bhadrapur Airport's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Bhadrapur 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 closest airport to Bhadrapur Airport (BDP) is Bagdogra AirportCivil Aerodrome Bagdogra (IXB), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) ENE of BDP.
- In addition to being known as "Bhadrapur Airport", other names for BDP include "Chandragadhi Airport" and "Bhadrapur".
