Nonstop flight route between Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Wahiawa, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kingscote Airport (KGC), Kingscote, South Australia, Australia and Wheeler AAF (HHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,773 miles (or 9,291 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 Kingscote Airport and Wheeler AAF, 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 Kingscote Airport and Wheeler AAF. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kingscote Airport (KGC):

• Because of Kingscote Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingscote 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.
• Kingscote Airport (KGC) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Adelaide Airport (ADL), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NE of KGC.
• The furthest airport from Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Kingscote Airport handled 51,021 passengers last year.
• Kingscote Airport is located 6.5 nautical miles southwest of Kingscote, the main town on Kangaroo Island.
• In competition with the larger aircraft, and generally with more flexible timetables, a succession of smaller airlines from the 1980s tried with varying success to maintain a 'second string' presence.
• Kingscote Airport was ranked 60th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.

Facts about Wheeler AAF (HHI):

• The closest airport to Wheeler AAF (HHI) is Dillingham Airfield (HDH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of HHI.
• Because of Wheeler AAF's relatively low elevation of 843 feet, planes can take off or land at Wheeler AAF 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.
• Wheeler AAF is located at 21°28'56" North, 158°2'24" West.
• Wheeler Army Airfield, also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii.
• The 15th Air Base Squadron inactivated at Wheeler on 31 October 1991, one day before the U.S.
• The installation has a National Historic Landmark District in association with the attack on 7 December 1941.
• 2nd Lieutenant Phil Rasmussen found an old, unscathed Curtiss P-36 Hawk and taxied it to a revetment where he had it loaded with ammunition.
• By 1940, Wheeler Field had evolved into a primary base for Army Air Corps pursuit aircraft such as the P-40 Warhawk, responsible for air defense of the Hawaiian Islands Territory.
• Wheeler AFB-cum-Wheeler AAF is delineated for statistical purposes as a census-designated place.
• Wheeler AAF (HHI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Wheeler Army Airfield was constructed in the pattern of the Garden City.
• The furthest airport from Wheeler AAF (HHI) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Wheeler AAF (meaning Wheeler AAF is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.