Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG), Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,061 miles (or 16,192 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 Rahadi Usman 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 Rahadi Usman 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):

• 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.
• On September 21, 1954, Ninth AF turned Pope over to the 464th Troop Carrier Wing which transferred from Lawson AFB, Georgia.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.
• On December 1, 1974 the Military Airlift Command took responsibility for tactical airlift and assumed command of Pope with all of its assigned units.
• The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
• 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.

Facts about Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG):

• Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) is Supadio International Airport (SPA) (PNK), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) NNW of KTG.
• The furthest airport from Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG) is Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP), which is nearly antipodal to Rahadi Usman Airport (meaning Rahadi Usman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Mitú, Colombia.
• Because of Rahadi Usman Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Rahadi Usman 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.
• In addition to being known as "Rahadi Usman Airport", another name for KTG is "Bandar Udara Rahadi Usman".