Nonstop flight route between Point Baker, Alaska, United States and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB), Point Baker, Alaska, United States and King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,819 miles (or 10,974 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 Point Baker Seaplane Base and King Khalid 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 Point Baker Seaplane Base and King Khalid 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 Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB):

• Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Point Baker Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Point Baker Seaplane Base 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 closest airport to Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB) is Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) SSE of KPB.
• The furthest airport from Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,610 miles (17,075 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.

Facts about King Khalid International Airport (RUH):

• King Khalid International Airport handled 13,919,000 passengers last year.
• Centrally located in the passenger terminal complex, between the Royal Pavilion and the mosque is the air traffic control tower standing at 81 metres high.
• In addition to being known as "King Khalid International Airport", another name for RUH is "مطار الملك خالد الدولي".
• The terminals are connected to each other by means of three linking buildings, These buildings are 168 metres long.
• In the northeast corner of the mosque plaza, a minaret rises 39 metres above the plaza level.
• The furthest airport from King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Khalid International Airport (meaning King Khalid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• King Khalid International Airport (RUH) has 2 runways.
• The United States Air Force effectively took over these facilities temporarily from August 1990 through May 1991 as an airbase for aerial refueling tanker operations in support of the Gulf War.
• The closest airport to King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), which is located 166 miles (266 kilometers) WSW of RUH.