Nonstop flight route between Liberal, Kansas, United States and Avarua, Cook Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL), Liberal, Kansas, United States and Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), Avarua, Cook Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,554 miles (or 8,938 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 Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport and Rarotonga 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 Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport and Rarotonga 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 Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL):

• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 7,911 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 6,255 in 2009, and 7,156 in 2010.
• Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport covers an area of 2,005 acres at an elevation of 2,885 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,914 miles (17,564 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) has 2 runways.
• Airline flights began in 1956.
• During World War II the facility was Liberal Army Airfield and was used for United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force B-24 Liberator training from 1943 to 1945.
• The closest airport to Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL) is Guymon Municipal Airport (GUY), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) SW of LBL.

Facts about Rarotonga International Airport (RAR):

• Because of Rarotonga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Rarotonga 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.
• Air New Zealand Boeing 777 at Rarotonga
• An $8.5m reconstruction project commenced in 2009 to revamp and expand the existing terminal facilities.
• Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air Rarotonga Saab 340 and Embraer Bandeirante
• The closest airport to Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) ESE of RAR.
• The furthest airport from Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT), which is nearly antipodal to Rarotonga International Airport (meaning Rarotonga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Faya-Largeau Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Faya-Largeau, Chad.