Nonstop flight route between Honolulu, Hawaii, United States and Cairo, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Honolulu International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States and Cairo International Airport (CAI), Cairo, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,829 miles (or 14,209 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 Honolulu International Airport and Cairo 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 Honolulu International Airport and Cairo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Honolulu International Airport (HNL):

• By 2012 Hawaiian Airlines was re-establishing Honolulu Airport as a connecting hub between the United States mainland and the Asia-Pacific region.
• Because of Honolulu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Honolulu 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.
• On March 24, 2006 Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle unveiled a $2.3 billion modernization program for Hawaii airports over a 12-year period, with $1.7 billion budgeted for Honolulu International Airport.
• The entire terminal complex features twenty-four-hour medical services, restaurants, shopping centers and a business center with conference rooms for private use.
• Future projects include construction of a Mauka Concourse branching off the Interisland Terminal, the first concourse expansion at HNL in 15 years.
• The closest airport to Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is Hickam Field (HIK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HNL.
• The original terminal building on the southeast side of runways 4 was replaced by the John Rodgers Terminal, which was dedicated on August 22, 1962 and opened on October 14, 1962.
• Honolulu International Airport (HNL) has 6 runways.
• In 2012, the airport handled 19,291,412 passengers, 278,145 aircraft movements and processed 412,270 metric tonnes of cargo.
• Internationally, Japan is the dominant market.
• The furthest airport from Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Honolulu International Airport (meaning Honolulu International Airport 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.

Facts about Cairo International Airport (CAI):

• In addition to being known as "Cairo International Airport", another name for CAI is "مطار القاهرة الدولي".
• In August 2011, Turkey's Limak Holding won the tender for modernizing the terminal.
• Because of Cairo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 382 feet, planes can take off or land at Cairo 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.
• Cairo International Airport (CAI) has 3 runways.
• The terminal will include larger and more modern retail areas and will also include Airbus A380 gates.
• Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1986 with 7 boarding gates.
• With its hub at the airport EgyptAir's operations were overhauled with the full transfer of its operations into the state of the art terminal between 27 April and 15 June 2009.
• Cairo International Airport handled 14,711,500 passengers last year.
• Smart Aviation Company has been based at the building since 2007 however it moved to a new executive FBO in 2010 located adjacent to Hall 4.
• Other locations which transport routes were flown were RAF Habbaniya, Iraq on the Cairo – Karachi, India route.
• The furthest airport from Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,878 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Alexandria International Airport (ALY), which is located 113 miles (183 kilometers) NW of CAI.