Nonstop flight route between Livingstone, Zambia and Kahului, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Livingstone Airport (LVI), Livingstone, Zambia and Kahului Airport (OGG), Kahului, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,178 miles (or 19,599 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 Livingstone Airport and Kahului 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 Livingstone Airport and Kahului Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between LVI and OGG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Livingstone Airport and Kahului Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between LVI and OGG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Livingstone, Zambia and Kahului, Hawaii, United States by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between LVI and OGG!

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Facts about Livingstone Airport (LVI):

• Livingstone Airport (LVI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Livingstone Airport (LVI) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Livingstone Airport (meaning Livingstone Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,294 miles (19,785 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Livingstone Airport (LVI) is Victoria Falls Airport (VFA), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) S of LVI.
• In addition to being known as "Livingstone Airport", another name for LVI is "FLHN".

Facts about Kahului Airport (OGG):

• Kahului Airport handled 5,346,694 passengers last year.
• Kahului Airport (OGG) has 2 runways.
• All 20 aboard the aircraft died.
• Because of Kahului Airport's relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at Kahului 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 early 2005, Governor Linda Lingle released $365 million for construction of an extended ticketing lobby, new baggage claim carousels, a new Alien Species building, a new cargo building, construction of a new apron, construction of an additional 10 jetways to replace the current jetways, and a new six-lane airport access road that would run from the airport, intersecting Haleakala Highway and Hana Highway, and run parallel to Dairy Road where it would merge with a new grade-separated interchange between Puunene Avenue, Dairy Road, and Kuihelani Highway.
• On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737-200 interisland flight from Hilo Airport to Honolulu International Airport carrying 89 passengers and six crew members experienced rapid decompression when an 18 foot section of the fuselage roof and sides were torn from the aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Kahului Airport (OGG) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kahului Airport (meaning Kahului Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,372 miles (19,911 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• Aloha Island Air Flight 1712
• The closest airport to Kahului Airport (OGG) is Kapalua Airport (JHM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of OGG.