Nonstop flight route between Salisbury, Maryland, United States and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), Salisbury, Maryland, United States and Hickam Field (HIK), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,921 miles (or 7,919 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 Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport and Hickam Field, 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 Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport and Hickam Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBY / KSBY |
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| Location: | Salisbury, Maryland, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°20'24"N by 75°30'33"W |
| Area Served: | Salisbury, Maryland & Region |
| Operator/Owner: | Wicomico County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 53 feet (16 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SBY |
| More Information: | SBY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIK / PHIK |
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| Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°19'6"N by 157°55'21"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 6 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HIK |
| More Information: | HIK Maps & Info |
Facts about Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY):
- Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) has 2 runways.
- Piedmont has previously served Salisbury with flights to Washington and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport", another name for SBY is "Salisbury Airport".
- Allegiant Air began twice a week service to Orlando-Sanford International Airport in February 2012, using its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets, but ended the route less than a year later on January 5, 2013 due to the route's relatively small amount of passengers.
- The closest airport to Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) is Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) E of SBY.
- Because of Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional 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 furthest airport from Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,772 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Hickam Field (HIK):
- Hickam Field (HIK) has 6 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Hickam Field", another name for HIK is "Part of United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)".
- On September 16, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior designated Hickam Field a National Historic Landmark, recognizing its key role in the World War II Pacific campaign.
- After World War II, the Air Force in Hawai‘i consisted primarily of the Air Transport Command and its successor, the Military Air Transport Service, until 1 July 1957 when Headquarters Far East Air Forces completed its move from Japan to Hawai‘i and was redesignated the Pacific Air Forces.
- Hickam Field is a United States Air Force facility, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.
- In addition, Hickam supports 140 tenant and associate units.
- The Quartermaster Corps was assigned the job of constructing a modern airdrome from tangled algaroba brush and sugar cane fields adjacent to Pearl Harbor.
- Because of Hickam Field's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Hickam 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 furthest airport from Hickam Field (HIK) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Hickam Field (meaning Hickam Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.
- The closest airport to Hickam Field (HIK) is Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HIK.
