Nonstop flight route between Hilo, Hawaii, United States and Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hilo International Airport (ITO), Hilo, Hawaii, United States and Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR), Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,333 miles (or 8,582 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 Hilo International Airport and Santa Rosa 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 Hilo International Airport and Santa Rosa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hilo International Airport (ITO):

• The closest airport to Hilo International Airport (ITO) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) W of ITO.
• Hilo International Airport handled 1,279,342 passengers last year.
• Because of Hilo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Hilo 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.
• Although designed as the second gateway into and out of Hawaiʻi, for many years Hilo had been Hawaiʻi's only major airport lacking non-stop flights to North America.
• Hilo International Airport (ITO) has 2 runways.
• The introduction of overseas service to General Lyman Field initially met with success.
• At the same time, the state's other major airports added overseas service.
• Improvements to Hilo's airfield were minimal during its first decade.
• The furthest airport from Hilo International Airport (ITO) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Hilo International Airport (meaning Hilo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• Other proposed noise mitigation measures include a barrier on the north side of the airport and the extension of Runway 8-26 by 1,850 feet to the east and displacing the western end of the runway by the same amount, thereby maintaining the runway's length.

Facts about Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR):

• Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Rosa International Airport", another name for ETR is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Santa Rosa".
• Because of Santa Rosa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Rosa 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.
• The furthest airport from Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) is Sitiawan Airport (SWY), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Rosa International Airport (meaning Santa Rosa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sitiawan Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Perak, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) is Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of ETR.