Nonstop flight route between Blytheville, Arkansas, United States and Freetown, Sierra Leone:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA), Blytheville, Arkansas, United States and Lungi International Airport (FNA), Freetown, Sierra Leone would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,124 miles (or 8,246 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 Blytheville Municipal Airport and Lungi 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 Blytheville Municipal Airport and Lungi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HKA / KHKA |
| Airport Name: | Blytheville Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Blytheville, Arkansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°56'26"N by 89°49'50"W |
| Area Served: | Blytheville, Arkansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Blytheville |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HKA |
| More Information: | HKA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FNA / GFLL |
| Airport Name: | Lungi International Airport |
| Location: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°36'59"N by 13°11'43"W |
| Area Served: | Freetown; Lungi |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 84 feet (26 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FNA |
| More Information: | FNA Maps & Info |
Facts about Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA):
- Because of Blytheville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Blytheville 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.
- Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Blytheville Municipal Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Blytheville, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
- The closest airport to Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) is Arkansas International Airport (BYH), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) WNW of HKA.
- The furthest airport from Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,022 miles (17,738 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Lungi International Airport (FNA):
- Lungi International Airport (FNA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Lungi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Lungi 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.
- Lungi International Airport handled 167,911 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Hastings Airport (HGS), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSE of FNA.
- On June 3, 2007, a helicopter flight from Freetown exploded and crashed on landing at Lungi airport, killing all 22 people on board.
- The furthest airport from Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is nearly antipodal to Lungi International Airport (meaning Lungi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ulawa Airport), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands.
- Passengers have the choice of ferry, the new Pelican Water Taxi or an ex-Isle of Wight Hovercraft docked in the Aberdeen district of Freetown to cross the bay to Freetown.
