Nonstop flight route between Wichita, Kansas, United States and Naples, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas, United States and Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,211 miles (or 1,949 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 relatively short distance between Wichita Mid-Continent Airport and Naples Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT):

• In October 1924 the city of Wichita hosted more than 100,000 people for the National Air Congress.
• The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 11 weekday departures on Braniff, 10 TWA, 4 Continental, 3 Central and 2 Ozark.
• The closest airport to Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) is McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of ICT.
• Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,746 miles (17,294 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• By the summer of 1950 Boeing was ready to turn out the first production models of the B-47 Stratojet, and the United States Air Force sought to make Wichita Airport a permanent military installation.
• On March 4, 2014, the Wichita City Council approved changing the name of the airport from Wichita Mid-Continent to Wichita Dwight D.
• The airport's ICT designation is an abbreviation for Wichita.

Facts about Naples Municipal Airport (APF):

• Naples Municipal Airport (APF) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Naples Municipal Airport (APF) is Marco Island Airport (MRK), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) SSE of APF.
• The 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's contract control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
• Because of Naples Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Naples 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.
• The furthest airport from Naples Municipal Airport (APF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,484 miles (18,482 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Naples Municipal Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Naples, a city in Collier County, Florida, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Naples Municipal Airport", another name for APF is "(former Naples Army Airfield)".
• Although the airport served more than 100,000 passengers per year through 2000, geographic factors limited its capacity, and the opening of the much larger Southwest Florida International Airport in nearby Fort Myers drew medium-haul traffic away from Naples.