Nonstop flight route between Hana, Hawaii, United States and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hana Airport (HNM), Hana, Hawaii, United States and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,751 miles (or 7,646 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 Hana Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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 Hana Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hana Airport (HNM):

• Hana Airport (HNM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Hana Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Hana 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.
• Hana Airport is the destination in the "Hawaiian Checkout" mission supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
• Hana Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi.
• Hana Airport is a regional public use airport of the State of Hawaiʻi on the east shore of the island of Maui, three nautical miles northwest of the unincorporated town of Hana.
• The furthest airport from Hana Airport (HNM) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Hana Airport (meaning Hana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• The closest airport to Hana Airport (HNM) is Kahului Airport (OGG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) WNW of HNM.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• On 1 November 1955, the now-Homestead AFB was upgraded to a group level facility with the activation of the 379th Air Base Group which managed a major construction and rehabilitation program through 1957.
• – 50th Area Support Group, Florida Army National Guard
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• During this period of time the base was under two commands.
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The 379th Combat Support Group, including six squadrons bearing the same numerical designation, was organized for the wing 1 April 1960, and during that same year, the 920th Air Refueling Squadron was transferred from Carswell AFB, Texas flying the KC-135A Stratotanker.
• The host unit at Homestead is the 482d Fighter Wing assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force.
• On 15 September 1945, three years to the day of the base's founding, a massive hurricane barreled through, sending winds of up to 145 mph whistling through the cinderblock buildings.
• The mission of the 482nd Fighter Wing is to train and equip Air Force Reservists to respond to wartime and peacetime taskings as directed by higher headquarters.