Nonstop flight route between Ipota, Erromango, Vanuatu and Shafter, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ipota Airport (IPA), Ipota, Erromango, Vanuatu and Shafter Airport (MIT), Shafter, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,995 miles (or 9,648 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 Ipota Airport and Shafter 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 Ipota Airport and Shafter Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ipota Airport (IPA):

• The furthest airport from Ipota Airport (IPA) is Tidjikja Airport (TIY), which is nearly antipodal to Ipota Airport (meaning Ipota Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tidjikja Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,934 kilometers) away in Tidjikja, Mauritania.
• The closest airport to Ipota Airport (IPA) is Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) WNW of IPA.
• Because of Ipota Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipota 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.

Facts about Shafter Airport (MIT):

• Shafter Airport (MIT) has 2 runways.
• For the 12-month period ending November 1, 2011, the airport had 45,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 123 per day.
• The furthest airport from Shafter Airport (MIT) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Shafter-Minter Field covers an area of 1,206 acres at an elevation of 424 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Shafter Airport (MIT) is Meadows Field (BFL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of MIT.
• The primary aircraft flown at Minter Field was the Vultee BT-13 Valiant, which was used for basic flight training.
• In addition to being known as "Shafter Airport", another name for MIT is "Minter Field".
• Because of Shafter Airport's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Shafter 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.