Nonstop flight route between Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Lahaina, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Kapalua Airport (JHM), Lahaina, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,538 miles (or 7,304 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 Moody Air Force Base and Kapalua 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 Moody Air Force Base and Kapalua Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• While on standby status, the airfield was redesignated as Moody Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
• The 347th flew the McDonnel-Douglas F-4E until 1988, when it upgraded to the Block 15 General Dynamics F-16A/B.
• Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody, an early Air Force pioneer.
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• In 1961, Foreign Pilot Training was transferred to Moody from the closing of the Graham Air Base contract pilot school in Marianna, Florida.
• Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• Construction got underway on 28 July 1941 for a twin-engine advanced training base with accommodations for 4,100 men.

Facts about Kapalua Airport (JHM):

• Kapalua Airport (JHM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport covers an area of 50 acres at an elevation of 256 feet above mean sea level.
• Kapalua Airport, also known as Kapalua–West Maui Airport, is a regional private use airport on the west side of the island of Maui in Hawaii.
• JTB Hawaii, an affiliate company of Japanese travel agent JTB Corporation, operates its customer service outlet located in the lobby.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 52,328 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 42,416 enplanements in 2009, and 40,060 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Kapalua Airport (JHM) is Kahului Airport (OGG), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ESE of JHM.
• The furthest airport from Kapalua Airport (JHM) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kapalua Airport (meaning Kapalua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,904 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• Because of Kapalua Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapalua 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.