Nonstop flight route between Merowe, Sudan and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Merowe Airport (MWE), Merowe, Sudan and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,893 miles (or 14,312 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 Merowe Airport and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Merowe Airport and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Merowe Airport (MWE):

• The closest airport to Merowe Airport (MWE) is Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WSW of MWE.
• The furthest airport from Merowe Airport (MWE) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is nearly antipodal to Merowe Airport (meaning Merowe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fa'a'ā International Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.

Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• In the late 1930s, Japan began to centralize military power in Micronesia in line with its expansionism into the South and throughout Oceania.
• Ebadon is located at the westernmost tip of the atoll.
• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
• The population of Kwajalein Island is currently around 1,000 individuals, mostly Americans and a small number of Marshall Islanders and other nationals, all of whom have express permission from the U.S.
• Roi-Namur has several radar installations and a small residential community of unaccompanied U.S.
• In the years following, Kwajalein Atoll was converted into a staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland in the Pacific War.