Nonstop flight route between Homestead, Florida, United States and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States and Malabo International Airport (SSG), Malabo, Equatorial Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,050 miles (or 9,737 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base and Malabo 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base and Malabo 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: | HST / KHST |
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Location: | Homestead, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°29'17"N by 80°23'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States |
View all routes: | Routes from HST |
More Information: | HST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSG / FGSL |
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Location: | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°45'17"N by 8°42'30"E |
Area Served: | Malabo |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos De Guinea Ecuatorial (ADGE) |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 76 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SSG |
More Information: | SSG Maps & Info |
Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):
- For its first six months of existence, Homestead Army Airfield served as a scheduled stop on a well traveled air route from northeast U.S.
- In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
- 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.
- After being closed by the military, Homestead was known as Dade County Airport, and operated as a civilian facility for almost a decade.
- 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.
- During this period of time the base was under two commands.
- – Headquarters, U.S.
- 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.
Facts about Malabo International Airport (SSG):
- Because of Malabo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Malabo 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.
- In addition to being known as "Malabo International Airport", another name for SSG is "Aeropuerto de Malabo".
- The closest airport to Malabo International Airport (SSG) is Limbe Airport (VCC), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) ENE of SSG.
- Malabo International Airport handled 283,991 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Malabo International Airport (SSG) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Malabo International Airport (meaning Malabo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- Malabo International Airport (SSG) currently has only 1 runway.