Nonstop flight route between Mejit Island, Marshall Islands and Biak, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mejit Airport (MJB), Mejit Island, Marshall Islands and Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), Biak, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,518 miles (or 4,052 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 Mejit Airport and Frans Kaisiepo 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 Mejit Airport and Frans Kaisiepo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mejit Airport (MJB):

• The furthest airport from Mejit Airport (MJB) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Mejit Airport (meaning Mejit Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,044 miles (19,383 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• Because of Mejit Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Mejit 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.
• Mejit Airport (MJB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mejit Airport (MJB) is Ailuk Airport (AIM), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) W of MJB.
• In addition to being known as "Mejit Airport", another name for MJB is "Q30".

Facts about Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK):

• At first phase, the airport was revamped to accommodate piston airliners such as the Douglas DC-3.
• The furthest airport from Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (meaning Frans Kaisiepo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport handled 366 passengers last year.
• The Battle of Biak Island came about after a succession of Japanese defeats in 1943 and 1944 along the northern coast of New Guinea.
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Frans Kaisiepo Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Frans Kaisiepo 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.
• Borokoe Airfield is due west of Mokmer, along the beach.
• Taxis and civil transport cars can be used as public transport alongside private vehicles.
• In addition to being known as "Frans Kaisiepo Airport", another name for BIK is "Bandara Frans Kaisiepo".
• The closest airport to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) WNW of BIK.