Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Hola, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Hola Airport (HOA), Hola, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,898 miles (or 12,711 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 Pope Field and Hola 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 Pope Field and Hola Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
• During its time at Pope, a major period of facility expansion occurred.
• Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, was located at Pope in August 1950.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
• Lessons learned in the Gulf War in 1990-1991 led senior defense planners to conclude that the structure of the military establishment created numerous command and control problems.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The tempo of activities at Pope quickened with the outbreak of World War II.

Facts about Hola Airport (HOA):

• Because of Hola Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Hola 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 Hola Airport (HOA) is Garissa Airport (GAS), which is located 77 miles (123 kilometers) NNW of HOA.
• The furthest airport from Hola Airport (HOA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Hola Airport is located in Tana River District, Coast Province, in the town of Hola, in southeastern Kenya, close to the Indian Ocean coast and to the International border with Somalia.
• Hola Airport is a small civilian airport, serving Hola and surrounding communities.