Nonstop flight route between Monrovia, Liberia and Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB), Monrovia, Liberia and Kornasoren Airport (FOO), Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,013 miles (or 16,114 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 International Airport Roberts Field and Kornasoren 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field and Kornasoren Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB):

• The furthest airport from Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Nauru International Airport (INU), which is nearly antipodal to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (meaning Roberts International Airport Roberts Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nauru International Airport), and is located 12,001 miles (19,314 kilometers) away in Yaren, Nauru.
• From 1943 to the end of WW2 in 1945, Roberts Field Airport, as it was then known, served as an alternative base for a contingent of 26 Squadron SAAF which flew Vickers Wellington Bombers on anti submarine and convoy escort patrols over the Atlantic.
• During the Second Liberian Civil War, the main terminal building suffered major damage, and remains vacant and unenclosed.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field handled 133,656 passengers last year.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2012, Starbow Airlines publicly stated an intention to begin flights to Monrovia from Accra in 2013, and other reports suggested that Egyptair could resume its Cairo-Accra-Monrovia service, but as of mid-2014 neither of these developments have been realized.
• Because of Roberts International Airport Roberts Field's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Roberts International Airport Roberts 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.
• The story of Robertsfield is consistently intertwined with the history of Pan American World Airways.
• At one point in the past, Roberts Airport was listed as an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.
• On 5 September 2010, Delta launched once weekly flights between Atlanta and Monrovia.
• The closest airport to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of ROB.
• Roberts is the principal international airport in Liberia, and one of only two with paved runways in the nation.

Facts about Kornasoren Airport (FOO):

• Kornasoren Airport (FOO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The three airfields on Nomefoor were used by the American forces after liberating the island.
• In addition to being known as "Kornasoren Airport", other names for FOO include "Numfor Airport" and "WABF".
• The furthest airport from Kornasoren Airport (FOO) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Kornasoren Airport (meaning Kornasoren Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,186 miles (19,611 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
• The airfield was one of three constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of the island in 1943/1944.
• Because of Kornasoren Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kornasoren 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 Kornasoren Airport (FOO) is Rendani Airport (MKW), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) W of FOO.