Nonstop flight route between Catania, Italy and Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), Catania, Italy and Jeh Airport (JEJ), Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,907 miles (or 14,334 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 Sigonella and Jeh 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 Sigonella and Jeh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY):

• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,695 miles (18,821 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY) is Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) ENE of NSY.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Sigonella", other names for NSY include "Base aerea di Sigonella" and "NAS Sigonella".
• In the 1980s, Naval Air Facility Sigonella was redesignated as a Naval Air Station.
• Because of Naval Air Station Sigonella's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Sigonella 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 Sigonella (NSY) has 2 runways.
• Sigonella suffered its second major flood mid December 2005.
• NAS Sigonella is the Navy's second largest security command, second only to that located at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.

Facts about Jeh Airport (JEJ):

• The closest airport to Jeh Airport (JEJ) is Jabot Airport (JAT), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) N of JEJ.
• The furthest airport from Jeh Airport (JEJ) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Jeh Airport (meaning Jeh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,205 miles (19,643 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.