Nonstop flight route between Kalabo, Zambia and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from KLB to NXX:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- KLB Airport Information
- NXX Airport Information
- Facts about KLB
- Facts about NXX
- Map of Nearest Airports to KLB
- List of Nearest Airports to KLB
- Map of Furthest Airports from KLB
- List of Furthest Airports from KLB
- Map of Nearest Airports to NXX
- List of Nearest Airports to NXX
- Map of Furthest Airports from NXX
- List of Furthest Airports from NXX
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kalabo Airport (KLB), Kalabo, Zambia and NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,280 miles (or 11,716 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 Kalabo Airport and NAS JRB Willow Grove, 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 Kalabo Airport and NAS JRB Willow Grove. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KLB / FLKL |
Airport Name: | Kalabo Airport |
Location: | Kalabo, Zambia |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°59'49"S by 22°28'50"E |
Area Served: | Kalabo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3920 feet (1,195 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KLB |
More Information: | KLB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NXX / KNXX |
Airport Name: | NAS JRB Willow Grove |
Location: | Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°11'59"N by 75°8'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 335 feet (102 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NXX |
More Information: | NXX Maps & Info |
Facts about Kalabo Airport (KLB):
- The furthest airport from Kalabo Airport (KLB) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Kalabo Airport (meaning Kalabo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,095 miles (19,465 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Kalabo Airport (KLB) is Mongu Airport (MNR), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) ESE of KLB.
- Kalabo Airport (KLB) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX):
- Flight activity began here in 1926 when Harold Frederick Pitcairn constructed a hangar and a grass airstrip in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
- The closest airport to NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) is Wings Field (BBX), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SW of NXX.
- On February 29, 2008, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania released a report detailing a plan for a joint interagency installation, with a mission of national defense, homeland security and emergency preparedness.
- Final closure of NAS JRB Willow Grove occurred on September 15, 2011.
- Because of NAS JRB Willow Grove's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS JRB Willow Grove 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 NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,726 miles (18,871 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX) currently has only 1 runway.