Nonstop flight route between Nikolski, Alaska, United States and Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nikolski Air Station (IKO), Nikolski, Alaska, United States and Lae Airport (LML), Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,345 miles (or 5,383 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 Nikolski Air Station and Lae 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 Nikolski Air Station and Lae Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nikolski Air Station (IKO):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 165 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 219 enplanements in 2009, and 160 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Nikolski Air Station (IKO) is Unalaska Airport (DUT), which is located 116 miles (186 kilometers) NE of IKO.
• The furthest airport from Nikolski Air Station (IKO) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 11,076 miles (17,824 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Because of Nikolski Air Station's relatively low elevation of 77 feet, planes can take off or land at Nikolski Air Station 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 airport was built in 1958 to support Nikolski Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station on Umnak Island.
• Nikolski Air Station (IKO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Lae Airport (LML):

• The closest airport to Lae Airport (LML) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of LML.
• The furthest airport from Lae Airport (LML) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Lae Airport (meaning Lae Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,357 miles (19,887 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.