Nonstop flight route between Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Detroit, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juwata Airport (TRK), Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,023 miles (or 14,520 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 Juwata Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP), 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 Juwata Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Juwata Airport (TRK):

• Because of Juwata Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Juwata 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.
• Juwata Airport (TRK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Juwata Airport handled 913 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Juwata Airport (TRK) is Bunyu Airport (BYQ), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of TRK.
• The furthest airport from Juwata Airport (TRK) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Juwata Airport (meaning Juwata Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,897 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.

Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• After their manufacture, the next step in the process was the delivery of the aircraft to the squadrons.
• At the request of the government, Ford began to decentralize operations and many parts were assembled at other Ford plants as well as by the company's sub-contractors, with the Willow Run plant concentrating on final aircraft assembly.
• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Willow Run Airport was named for a small stream that meandered through pastureland and woods until the late-1930s.
• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• Although the airfield itself and the buildings to the east of the runways had been built on Henry Ford's personal property, it is unclear how the parcels across the county line that became the site of the bomber plant were assembled.
• By fall 1944 Willow Run had moved from the B-24L to the B-24M, the last Liberator to be built in significant numbers.
• To meet projected demand for the B-24, in early 1941 the Federal government established the Liberator Production Pool Program.
• Willow Run's relative isolation encouraged new approaches to passenger transportation to and from airports.