Nonstop flight route between Oceanside, California, United States and Hengchun, Taiwan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) (OCN), Oceanside, California, United States and Hengchun Airport (HCN), Hengchun, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,033 miles (or 11,319 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 Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) and Hengchun 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 Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) and Hengchun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) (OCN):

• The furthest airport from Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) (OCN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,506 miles (18,517 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) (OCN) is McClellan–Palomar Airport (CLD), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SSE of OCN.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport)", another name for OCN is "OKB".
• Because of Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal 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.
• Bob Maxwell Field (Oceanside Municipal Airport) (OCN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Hengchun Airport (HCN):

• Mandarin Airlines and TransAsia Airways dropped out from serving the airport due to poor load factor and Hengchun Peninsular's seasonal strong winds which make landing and take off dangerous.
• In addition to being known as "Hengchun Airport", other names for HCN include "恆春航空站恆春機場" and "Héngchūn HángkōngzhànHéngchūn Jīchǎng".
• Hengchun Airport (HCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Hengchun Airport (meaning Hengchun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• Because of Hengchun Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Hengchun 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.
• The closest airport to Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH), which is located 44 miles (72 kilometers) NNW of HCN.