Nonstop flight route between Kengtung, Myanmar (Burma) and West Yellowstone, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kengtung Airport (KET), Kengtung, Myanmar (Burma) and Yellowstone Airport (WYS), West Yellowstone, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,482 miles (or 12,041 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 Kengtung Airport and Yellowstone 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 Kengtung Airport and Yellowstone Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kengtung Airport (KET):

• Kengtung Airport (KET) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kengtung Airport (KET) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• The closest airport to Kengtung Airport (KET) is Tachilek Airport (THL), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of KET.

Facts about Yellowstone Airport (WYS):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,186 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 4,331 enplanements in 2009, and 4,451 in 2010.
• Aerial Fire Center is located two miles north of the Yellowstone National Park Gateway community of West Yellowstone, MT, 90 miles south of Bozeman, MT and 100 miles northeast of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
• Two airlines actually operated mainline jet aircraft into the airport in the past, although all service was seasonal in nature and was not operated during the winter months.
• The furthest airport from Yellowstone Airport (WYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,685 miles (17,196 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Yellowstone Airport's high elevation of 6,649 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at WYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make WYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Yellowstone Airport covers an area of 735 acres at an elevation of 6,649 feet above mean sea level.
• West Yellowstone jumpers and tanker are considered national resources.
• The closest airport to Yellowstone Airport (WYS) is Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WSW of WYS.
• The town of West Yellowstone is located at the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
• Yellowstone Airport (WYS) currently has only 1 runway.