Nonstop flight route between Niuafo'ou, Tonga and Burbank, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mata'aho Airport (NFO), Niuafo'ou, Tonga and Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,096 miles (or 8,200 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 Mata'aho Airport and Bob Hope 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 Mata'aho Airport and Bob Hope Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mata'aho Airport (NFO):

• The furthest airport from Mata'aho Airport (NFO) is Tahoua Airport (THZ), which is nearly antipodal to Mata'aho Airport (meaning Mata'aho Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tahoua Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Tahoua, Niger.
• The closest airport to Mata'aho Airport (NFO) is Wallis Island (WLS), which is located 164 miles (263 kilometers) NNW of NFO.

Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• Bob Hope Airport is a public airport three miles northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In 2005 the airport celebrated its 75th anniversary.
• Bob Hope Airport can be reached using the Hollywood Way exit off Interstate 5, the Hollywood Way or Pass Ave exit off State Route 134, or the Victory Boulevard exit off State Route 170.
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.
• It took BA&T a year and the cooperation of the city to assemble the site.
• The airport has been Angeles Mesa Drive Airport,United Airport, Union Air Terminal, Lockheed Air Terminal, Hollywood-Burbank Airport, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport and most recently Bob Hope Airport.
• Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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.