Nonstop flight route between Winslow, Arizona, United States and Emirau, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW), Winslow, Arizona, United States and Emirau Airport (EMI), Emirau, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,810 miles (or 10,959 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport and Emirau 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport and Emirau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW):

• The airport was founded in 1929 by Transcontinental Air Transport as a transcontinental air route.
• The closest airport to Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of INW.
• The furthest airport from Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Winslow Airport is served by Wiseman Aviation as a FBO and is regularly visited by Cooper Aerial an aerial photography firm.
• Because of Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,941 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at INW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make INW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) has 2 runways.

Facts about Emirau Airport (EMI):

• Emirau was seized unopposed by two Battalions of the 4th Marine Division on 20 March 1944.Naval Construction Battalions arrived shortly after the landings and began construction of two coral-surfaced 7,000 feet by 150 feet airfields on the island.
• Because of Emirau Airport's relatively low elevation of 100 feet, planes can take off or land at Emirau 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.
• Emirau Airport (EMI) currently has only 1 runway.
• There was also one Australian unit located on the island - the 474 Heavy Anti-aircraft Troop.
• The closest airport to Emirau Airport (EMI) is Kavieng Airport (KVG), which is located 87 miles (139 kilometers) SE of EMI.
• The furthest airport from Emirau Airport (EMI) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is nearly antipodal to Emirau Airport (meaning Emirau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Governador Carlos Wilson Airport), and is located 12,022 miles (19,348 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• Emirau Airport is an airfield in Emirau Island, Papua New Guinea.