Nonstop flight route between Klawock, Alaska, United States and Easter Island, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Klawock Airport (KLW), Klawock, Alaska, United States and Mataveri International Airport (IPC), Easter Island, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,885 miles (or 9,471 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 Klawock Airport and Mataveri International 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 Klawock Airport and Mataveri International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Klawock Airport (KLW):

• The furthest airport from Klawock Airport (KLW) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,638 miles (17,120 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Klawock Airport", another name for KLW is "AKW".
• As the pilot applied the brakes, the airplane veered to the left, and he was unable to keep the plane on the runway surface.
• On April 6, 2005, about 14:35 Alaska daylight time, a twin-engine Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander airplane, N29884, sustained substantial damage following a main landing gear component failure and subsequent loss of control while landing at the Klawock Airport, Klawock, Alaska.
• Klawock Airport (KLW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Klawock Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Klawock 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 FAA inspector said that during the last main landing gear overhaul, the operator elected to re-install the old style aluminum alloy oleo attachment brackets, primarily due to the cost of the new style steel oleo attachment brackets.
• The closest airport to Klawock Airport (KLW) is Craig Seaplane Base (CGA), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of KLW.
• Klawock Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Klawock, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S.

Facts about Mataveri International Airport (IPC):

• Mataveri International Airport or Isla de Pascua Airport is located at Hanga Roa on Rapa Nui.
• Mataveri International Airport (IPC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mataveri International Airport (IPC) is Jaisalmer Airport (JSA), which is nearly antipodal to Mataveri International Airport (meaning Mataveri International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jaisalmer Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Jaisalmer, India.
• The closest airport to Mataveri International Airport (IPC) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 1,615 miles (2,599 kilometers) W of IPC.
• Because of Mataveri International Airport's relatively low elevation of 227 feet, planes can take off or land at Mataveri International 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 "Mataveri International Airport", another name for IPC is "Isla de Pascua Airport".