Nonstop flight route between Tarawa, Kiribati and Tomsk, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bonriki International Airport (TRW), Tarawa, Kiribati and Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (TOF), Tomsk, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,060 miles (or 9,753 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 Bonriki International Airport and Tomsk Bogashevo 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 Bonriki International Airport and Tomsk Bogashevo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bonriki International Airport (TRW):

• Bonriki International Airport (TRW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bonriki International Airport (TRW) is Cape Palmas Airport (CPA), which is nearly antipodal to Bonriki International Airport (meaning Bonriki International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cape Palmas Airport), and is located 12,035 miles (19,368 kilometers) away in Cape Palmas, Liberia.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 9 feet above mean sea level.
• Bonriki International Airport is an international airport in Kiribati, serving as the main gateway to the country.
• Because of Bonriki International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Bonriki International 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 Bonriki International Airport (TRW) is Abaiang Atoll Airport (ABF), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NNW of TRW.
• In April 1944, the land-based units moved forward to Kwajalein Airfield in the Marshall Islands, and shortly thereafter, Mullinix was reduced to an emergency airfield.
• The airport was built in December 1943 by United States Navy Seabees and was named "Mullinix Field", in honor of Rear Admiral Henry M.

Facts about Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (TOF):

• Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (TOF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Tomsk Bogashevo Airport's relatively low elevation of 597 feet, planes can take off or land at Tomsk Bogashevo 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.
• In addition to being known as "Tomsk Bogashevo Airport", another name for TOF is "Аэропорт "Богашёво"".
• Tomsk Bogashevo Airport is an airport that serves Tomsk, Russia.
• The closest airport to Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (TOF) is Kemerovo International Airport (KEJ), which is located 85 miles (136 kilometers) SSE of TOF.
• The airport opened in November 1967 and replaced another airport within the Kashtak district in the city of Tomsk.
• Tomsk Bogashevo Airport handled 22,632 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (TOF) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 11,482 miles (18,478 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
• In 2004 and 2005, the passenger terminal and the open space in front of the airport were reconstructed at a cost of 70 million roubles.
• In fall 2006, construction will begin on a new road connecting Bogashevo to the Akademgorodok scientific research district.