Nonstop flight route between Kingsville, Texas, United States and Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI), Kingsville, Texas, United States and Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,693 miles (or 5,944 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 Kingsville and Kona International Airport at Keāhole, 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 Kingsville and Kona International Airport at Keāhole. 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 Kingsville (NQI):

• Because of Naval Air Station Kingsville's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Kingsville 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 closest airport to Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Alice International Airport (ALI), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NW of NQI.
• NAS Kingsville also organizes and hosts the annual Wings Over South Texas Air Show.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) has 4 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Kingsville", another name for NQI is "KNQI - FAA: NQI".
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,916 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA):

• It was originally known as Ke-āhole Airport, since the ʻāhole fish was found nearby.
• The furthest airport from Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (meaning Kona International Airport at Keāhole is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• The closest airport to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of KOA.
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole handled 2,649,493 passengers last year.
• Because of Kona International Airport at Keāhole's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Kona International Airport at Keāhole 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 addition to being known as "Kona International Airport at Keāhole", another name for KOA is "Kona International Airport".
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) currently has only 1 runway.
• A small museum, the Astronaut Ellison S.
• Kona Airport's master plan, completed in 2010, calls for a second runway while keeping the option to extend the airport's primary runway to 12,000 feet if required.
• Kona International is the only remaining major airport in the Hawaiian Islands where a mobile ramp is used to plane and deplane passengers.
• Kona International at Keahole Airport covers 2,700 acres at an elevation of 47 feet above mean sea level.
• An environmental impact statement was prepared in 2005 to add a second runway.