Nonstop flight route between Mbambanakira, Solomon Islands and Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain:
Departure Airport:
(9°44'51"S by 159°50'20"E)
Arrival Airport:
(40°29'48"N by 3°26'44"W)
Distance from MBU to TOJ:
10,078.50 miles (16,219.73 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mbambanakira Airport (MBU), Mbambanakira, Solomon Islands and Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,078 miles (or 16,220 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 Mbambanakira Airport and Madrid–Torrejón 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 Mbambanakira Airport and Madrid–Torrejón Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBU / AGGD |
| Airport Name: | Mbambanakira Airport |
| Location: | Mbambanakira, Solomon Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°44'51"S by 159°50'20"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from MBU |
| More Information: | MBU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TOJ / LETO |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°29'48"N by 3°26'44"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil: Aena Military: Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 2026 feet (618 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TOJ |
| More Information: | TOJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Mbambanakira Airport (MBU):
- The furthest airport from Mbambanakira Airport (MBU) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Mbambanakira Airport (meaning Mbambanakira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,141 miles (19,539 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.
- The closest airport to Mbambanakira Airport (MBU) is Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NNE of MBU.
Facts about Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ):
- Madrid–Torrejón Airport is a commercial airport in Spain.
- Implementation of this agreement was delayed by the 1990–91 crisis in Kuwait, when the 401st TFW was one of the first American fighter wings to respond, with the 612th TFS deploying to its wartime base at Incirlik Turkey and the 614th TFS becoming the first US military unit to deploy to the Persian Gulf State of Qatar.
- Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Madrid–Torrejón Airport", other names for TOJ include "Aeropuerto de Madrid/Barajas", "Torrejón Air Base" and "Base Aérea de Torrejón".
- The furthest airport from Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ) is Palmerston North Airport (PMR), which is nearly antipodal to Madrid–Torrejón Airport (meaning Madrid–Torrejón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Palmerston North Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ) is Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) WSW of TOJ.
- The outcome of the 1986 referendum on membership in NATO committed the Spanish government to negotiate the reduction of the United States military presence in Spain.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 26.52 miles (42.68 km) NNE | Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) | Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands |     |
| 2 | 61.91 miles (99.63 km) NW | Yandina Airport (XYA) | Yandina, Solomon Islands | |
| 3 | 84.81 miles (136.49 km) ENE | Afutara Airport (AFT) | Afutara, Solomon Islands | |
| 4 | 92.51 miles (148.87 km) NE | Auki Gwaunaru'u Airport (AKS) | Auki / Gwaunaru'u, Solomon Islands | |
| 5 | 100.20 miles (161.25 km) NE | Uru Harbour Airport (ATD) | Atoifi, Malaita, Solomon Islands | |
| 6 | 107.42 miles (172.87 km) S | Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY) | Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 7 | 114.73 miles (184.64 km) N | Fera Airport (FRE) | Maringe, Fera Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 8 | 145.91 miles (234.82 km) E | Ulawa Airport (RNA) | Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 9 | 148.25 miles (238.58 km) ESE | Kirakira Airport (IRA) | Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 10 | 201.27 miles (323.91 km) WNW | Munda Airport (MUA) | Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 11 | 226.95 miles (365.25 km) NW | Kaghau Airport (KGE) | Kagau Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 12 | 232.82 miles (374.68 km) WNW | Nusatupe Airport (GZO) | Gizo / Nusatupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 13 | 315.28 miles (507.39 km) NW | Choiseul Bay Airport (CHY) | Choiseul Bay, Taro Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 14 | 330.37 miles (531.68 km) NW | Balalae Airport (BAS) | Ballalae, Solomon Islands | |
| 15 | 333.44 miles (536.62 km) WNW | Mono Airport (MNY) | Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,141.08 miles (19,539.13 km) NW | Cap Skirring Airport (CSK) | Cap Skirring, Senegal | |
| 2 | 12,124.23 miles (19,512.00 km) WNW | Bubaque Airport (BQE) | Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 3 | 12,110.02 miles (19,489.13 km) NW | Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) | Ziguinchor, Senegal | |
| 4 | 12,096.83 miles (19,467.92 km) WNW | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 5 | 12,093.37 miles (19,462.34 km) NW | Banjul International Airport (BJL) | Banjul, Gambia | |
| 6 | 12,047.61 miles (19,388.70 km) NNW | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 7 | 12,028.39 miles (19,357.77 km) WNW | Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ) | Boké, Guinea | |
| 8 | 12,025.06 miles (19,352.41 km) NW | Kaolack Airport (KLC) | Kaolack, Senegal | |
| 9 | 12,023.11 miles (19,349.28 km) WNW | Kolda North Airport (KDA) | Kolda, Senegal | |
| 10 | 12,014.31 miles (19,335.11 km) NNE | Praia International Airport (RAI) | Praia, Cape Verde | |
| 11 | 12,010.17 miles (19,328.45 km) NNE | Maio Airport (MMO) | Maio, Cape Verde | |
| 12 | 11,990.57 miles (19,296.90 km) W | Conakry International Airport (CKY) | Conakry, Guinea | |
| 13 | 11,986.40 miles (19,290.20 km) W | Fria Airport (FIG) | Fria, Guinea | |
| 14 | 11,977.63 miles (19,276.09 km) NE | São Filipe Airport (SFL) | Fogo, Cape Verde | |
| 15 | 11,974.81 miles (19,271.54 km) NE | Mosteiros Airport (MTI) | Mosteiros, Cape Verde | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 6.28 miles (10.10 km) WSW | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) | Madrid, Spain | |
| 2 | 111.09 miles (178.79 km) NW | Valladolid International Airport (VLL) | Valladolid, Spain | |
| 3 | 112.16 miles (180.51 km) WNW | Salamanca-Matacán Airport (SLM) | Salamanca, Spain | |
| 4 | 116.71 miles (187.82 km) SSW | Ciudad Real Central Airport (CQM) | Ciudad Real, Spain | |
| 5 | 128.86 miles (207.39 km) N | Burgos Airport (RGS) | Burgos, Spain | |
| 6 | 147.65 miles (237.62 km) NNE | Logroño–Agoncillo Airport (RJL) | Logroño, Spain | |
| 7 | 149.01 miles (239.81 km) ENE | Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ) | Zaragoza, Spain | |
| 8 | 169.01 miles (272.00 km) NNE | Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | |
| 9 | 171.63 miles (276.22 km) ESE | Valencia Airport (VLC) | Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain | |
| 10 | 182.47 miles (293.66 km) NNE | Pamplona Airport (PNA) | Pamplona, Spain | |
| 11 | 184.26 miles (296.53 km) NW | León Airport (LEN) | León, Spain | |
| 12 | 186.28 miles (299.78 km) E | Castellón Airport (CDT) | Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 13 | 193.89 miles (312.04 km) WNW | Bragança Airport (BGC) | Bragança, Portugal | |
| 14 | 195.58 miles (314.75 km) NE | Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) | Huesca, Spain | |
| 15 | 195.71 miles (314.97 km) N | Bilbao Airport (BIO) | Bilbao, Spain | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,386.01 miles (19,933.30 km) ESE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 12,378.35 miles (19,920.97 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 12,363.79 miles (19,897.54 km) SSW | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 12,350.11 miles (19,875.53 km) ESE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 12,348.10 miles (19,872.29 km) ESE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 12,328.95 miles (19,841.47 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 12,312.86 miles (19,815.57 km) SSE | Taupo AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō (TUO) | Taupo, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 12,289.16 miles (19,777.44 km) SSW | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 12,280.08 miles (19,762.82 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 12,274.06 miles (19,753.14 km) SE | New Plymouth Airport (NPL) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 12,271.35 miles (19,748.78 km) S | Rotorua International Airport (ROT) | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 12,257.77 miles (19,726.91 km) S | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 12,254.14 miles (19,721.08 km) ESE | Nelson AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū (NSN) | Nelson, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 12,245.66 miles (19,707.43 km) ESE | Motueka Aerodrome (MZP) | Motueka, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 12,243.66 miles (19,704.21 km) SSE | Hamilton International Airport (HLZ) | Hamilton, New Zealand | |