Nonstop flight route between Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and Kamuela, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB), Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE), Kamuela, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,131 miles (or 8,257 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 Ningbo Lishe International Airport and Waimea-Kohala 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 Ningbo Lishe International Airport and Waimea-Kohala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB):

• Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) E of NGB.
• The airport's operator signed a strategic partnership agreement on 10 June 2005 with Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport under which it will sell a 25% stake to the German airport operator.
• In 2012, the airport handled 5.3 million passengers, ranking 34th in China.
• In addition to being known as "Ningbo Lishe International Airport", other names for NGB include "宁波栎社国际机场" and "Níngbō Lìshè Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Because of Ningbo Lishe International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Ningbo Lishe International 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.
• In March 1997, Great Wall Airlines established a hub at the airport.
• Ningbo Lishe International Airport handled 5,014,002 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU), which is nearly antipodal to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (meaning Ningbo Lishe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Curuzú Cuatiá Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina.

Facts about Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE):

• The closest airport to Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of MUE.
• The airport has one taxiway and an aircraft parking apron at the west end of the runway serving the passenger terminal and general aviation facilities.
• Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Waimea-Kohala Airport (meaning Waimea-Kohala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• As of May 2013 there was no scheduled passenger service at the airport.
• Waimea-Kohala Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile southwest of Kamuela, an unincorporated town in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States.