Nonstop flight route between Monrovia, Liberia and Roswell, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB), Monrovia, Liberia and Roswell International Air Center (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,221 miles (or 10,012 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 Roswell International Air Center, 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 Roswell International Air Center. 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):

• At one point in the past, Roberts Airport was listed as an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.
• 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 closest airport to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of 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.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field handled 133,656 passengers last year.
• During the Second Liberian Civil War, the main terminal building suffered major damage, and remains vacant and unenclosed.
• However, just one week prior to the inaugural flight, Delta announced that its planned launch would be suspended indefinitely.

Facts about Roswell International Air Center (ROW):

• Walker AFB was named after General Kenneth Newton Walker, a native of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico.
• The closest airport to Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ROW.
• From 1941 to 1967, the facility was known as Roswell Army International Airfield during World War II, and Walker Air Force Base during the Cold War.
• On April 2, 2011, a Gulfstream G650 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport during a test flight that was being conducted by the manufacturer of this large business jet, killing all four aboard.
• Roswell International Air Center (ROW) has 2 runways.
• The RIAC is home to a plastic manufacturer.
• The furthest airport from Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.