Nonstop flight route between Khon Kaen, Thailand and Spokane, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Khon Kaen Airport (KKC), Khon Kaen, Thailand and Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA), Spokane, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,353 miles (or 11,833 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 Khon Kaen Airport and Fairchild Air Force 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 Khon Kaen Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Khon Kaen Airport (KKC):

• The furthest airport from Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Khon Kaen Airport (meaning Khon Kaen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• Because of Khon Kaen Airport's relatively low elevation of 670 feet, planes can take off or land at Khon Kaen 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.
• In addition to being known as "Khon Kaen Airport", another name for KKC is "ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น".
• Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Udon Thani International Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี (UTH), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) N of KKC.

Facts about Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA):

• The weapons storage area for the bombers was located south of the runway at Deep Creek Air Force Station, a separate installation constructed from 1950 to 1953 by the Atomic Energy Commission and operated by the Air Materiel Command.
• Over 5,100 active duty Air Force, Air National Guard, and tenant organization military and civilian employees work on Fairchild, making the base the largest employer in Eastern Washington.
• As military operations in Vietnam escalated in the mid-1960s, the demand for air refueling increased.
• The furthest airport from Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,665 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Fairchild Air Force Base", another name for SKA is "Fairchild AFB".
• On 24 June 1994 one of the few remaining B-52H aircraft at Fairchild crashed during a practice flight for an upcoming air show, killing all four crew members.
• The closest airport to Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Spokane International Airport (GEG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) E of SKA.