Nonstop flight route between Kailashahar, India and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kailashahar Airport (IXH), Kailashahar, India and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,959 miles (or 14,418 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 Kailashahar Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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 Kailashahar Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kailashahar Airport (IXH):

• Because of Kailashahar Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Kailashahar 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 Kailashahar Airport (IXH) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,378 miles (18,311 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• The closest airport to Kailashahar Airport (IXH) is Kamalpur Airport (IXQ), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of IXH.
• In addition to being known as "Kailashahar Airport", another name for IXH is "कैलाशहर हवाई अड्डे".
• Kailashahar Airport (IXH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• In 1957 both the 347th and 19th wings deployed to the Reflex Base at Sidi Slimane AB, French Morocco, in January, then to Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, from April though July.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• On 15 September 1945, three years to the day of the base's founding, a massive hurricane barreled through, sending winds of up to 145 mph whistling through the cinderblock buildings.
• During the Atlantic hurricane season, the 482th Fighter Wing routinely supports forward deployment of the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing from Keesler AFB, Mississippi, flying the WC-130 Hercules aircraft in the "Hurricane Hunters" weather reconnaissance mission.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• In the early 1950s, as the Korean War was winding down, defense officials once again looked toward Homestead with an eye at making the site a key player in continental defense.