Nonstop flight route between Phuket, Thailand and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Phuket International Airport (HKT), Phuket, Thailand and Hickam Field (HIK), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,887 miles (or 11,083 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 Phuket International Airport and Hickam Field, 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 Phuket International Airport and Hickam Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Phuket International Airport (HKT):

• Phuket International Airport is an airport serving Phuket Province of Thailand.
• Due to record-setting passenger numbers, the airport is currently undergoing a THB 5.8 billion expansion and renovation which will last until 2015.
• Phuket International Airport (HKT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Phuket International Airport (HKT) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Phuket International Airport (meaning Phuket International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,280 miles (19,763 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.
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• In addition to being known as "Phuket International Airport", another name for HKT is "ท่าอากาศยานภูเก็ต".
• Because of Phuket International Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Phuket 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.
• The closest airport to Phuket International Airport (HKT) is Krabi International Airport (KBV), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of HKT.
• Phuket International Airport handled 11,342,491 passengers last year.

Facts about Hickam Field (HIK):

• In addition to being known as "Hickam Field", another name for HIK is "Part of United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)".
• 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.
• When the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked O‘ahu's military installations on 7 December 1941, their planes bombed and strafed Hickam to eliminate air opposition and prevent U.S.
• Hickam was the principal army airfield in Hawaii and the only one large enough to accommodate the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Hickam Field (HIK) is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HIK.
• Hickam Field consists of 2,850 acres, valued at more than $444 million.
• 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.