Nonstop flight route between Kinmen, Taiwan and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH), Kinmen, Taiwan and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,767 miles (or 14,110 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 Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) and Homestead Air Reserve 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 Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH):

• Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH) currently has only 1 runway.
• It serves an average of 1.2 million passenger every year.
• The furthest airport from Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (meaning Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,260 miles (19,730 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• The closest airport to Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH) is Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WNW of KNH.
• In addition to being known as "Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport)", other names for KNH include "金門航空站金門尚義機場" and "Jīnmén HángkōngzhànJīnmén Shàngyì Jīchǎng".
• Because of Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 93 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi 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.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• – Headquarters, U.S.
• The 379th Bomb Wing was activated at Homestead on 1 November 1955.
• – 50th Area Support Group, Florida Army National Guard
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Army Air Forces officials decided the site would better serve defense needs as a maintenance stopover point for aircraft being ferried to the Caribbean and North Africa.
• During the first five months, the 379th BMW concentrated on the manning and equipping of the unit and formulated a training schedule on 20 April 1956.
• As the need for trained transport pilots grew during 1943, officials in Washington decided to beef up the training program at Homestead.
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.