Nonstop flight route between Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grider Field (PBF), Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,462 miles (or 10,400 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 Grider Field and Ebadon Airstrip, 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 Grider Field and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PBF / KPBF |
| Airport Name: | Grider Field |
| Location: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°10'27"N by 91°56'8"W |
| Area Served: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Pine Bluff |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 206 feet (63 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PBF |
| More Information: | PBF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBN / |
| Airport Name: | Ebadon Airstrip |
| Location: | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°43'1"N by 167°43'58"E |
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from EBN |
| More Information: | EBN Maps & Info |
Facts about Grider Field (PBF):
- Inactivated on 30 November 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
- Because of Grider Field's relatively low elevation of 206 feet, planes can take off or land at Grider Field 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.
- Grider Field covers an area of 750 acres at an elevation of 206 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Grider Field (PBF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,894 miles (17,532 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Grider Field (PBF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Grider Field (PBF) is Stuttgart Municipal Airport (SGT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) NE of PBF.
Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):
- The furthest airport from Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebadon Airstrip (meaning Ebadon Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- Roi-Namur has several radar installations and a small residential community of unaccompanied U.S.
- When the first runway was built on Kwajalein island by Korean laborers, the Japanese public school was demolished and moved, with all civil administration, to Namu Atoll, and Islanders were forcibly moved to live on some of the smaller islets in the atoll.
- Because of Ebadon Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ebadon Airstrip 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 Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
- Little Bustard and Big Bustard are the first and second islets respectively north of Kwajalein island on the East reef, and are the only islets between Kwajalein and Ebeye.
- Legan is uninhabited but it does have a few buildings on the southern part of the island.
