Nonstop flight route between Redmond, Oregon, United States and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts Field (RDM), Redmond, Oregon, United States and Ebadon Airstrip (EBN), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,867 miles (or 7,832 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 Roberts 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 Roberts Field and Ebadon Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Roberts Field (RDM):

• A year after the expansion's completion, a bar and restaurant was opened in the secure area after a contentious permitting process.
• The closest airport to Roberts Field (RDM) is Prineville Airport (PRZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) E of RDM.
• Built in the 1920s, passenger flights arrived at the airport in 1940.
• Along with increased parking, the facility has increased its area by about 600%, allowing more room for security and traveler services, as well as concessions and gate operations.
• In addition to being known as "Roberts Field", other names for RDM include "Redmond Municipal Airport" and "(former Redmond Army Airfield)".
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 235,192 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 221,463 in 2009 and 226,400 in 2010.
• A passenger terminal was built in 1950 and replaced in 1981 by a 6,000-square-foot terminal.
• The furthest airport from Roberts Field (RDM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,951 miles (17,623 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Roberts Field (RDM) has 2 runways.

Facts about Ebadon Airstrip (EBN):

• There was some Japanese settlement in Kwajalein Atoll, comprising mostly traders and their families who worked at local branches of shops headquartered at nearby Jaluit Atoll where Japanese civilians numbered in the several hundreds to nearly 1,000 at the height of the Japanese administration.
• The closest airport to Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) is Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) NNW of EBN.
• Gugeegue or Gugegwe is an islet north of Ebeye, and is the northernmost point of the concrete causeway connecting the islets between them.
• 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 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.
• The water temperature averages 81 °F degrees and underwater visibility is typically 100 feet on the ocean side of the atoll.
• Bigej is covered with tropical palm trees and jungle.
• On February 1, 1942, the USS Enterprise launched a series of raids on the Roi Namur airfield and merchant shipping in Carlos Pass, where they sank several ships.
• Ebadon is located at the westernmost tip of the atoll.