Nonstop flight route between New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Adak Island, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (NBG), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Adak Airport (ADK), Adak Island, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,490 miles (or 7,225 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 Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans and Adak 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 Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans and Adak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (NBG):

• The closest airport to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (NBG) is Southern Seaplane Airport (BCS), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NNE of NBG.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans", another name for NBG is "Alvin Callender Field".
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (NBG) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,141 miles (17,930 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans 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.
• Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (NBG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Adak Airport (ADK):

• Once an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport en route to Tokyo Narita diverted to Adak Airport due to a fire warning in the cargo hold.
• The furthest airport from Adak Airport (ADK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Adak Airport was once featured on the television reality show, Alaska State Troopers.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,989 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,907 in 2009, and 2,097 in 2010.
• Adak Airport (ADK) has 2 runways.
• Adak Airport is a state owned, public use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S.
• The closest airport to Adak Airport (ADK) is Atka Airport (AKB), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) ENE of ADK.
• Because of Adak Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Adak 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.