Nonstop flight route between Winfield/Arkansas City, Kansas, United States and Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Strother Field (WLD), Winfield/Arkansas City, Kansas, United States and L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,857 miles (or 2,989 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 relatively short distance between Strother Field and L.F. Wade International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Strother Field (WLD):

• An airport, jointly owned by Arkansas City and Winfield, was under construction in April 1942 when the United States Army Air Forces indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield by the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Training Center.
• For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2008, the airport had 6,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day.
• Strother Field (WLD) has 2 runways.
• Strother Field covers an area of 1,530 acres at an elevation of 1,160 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Strother Field (WLD) is Earl Henry Airport (BWL), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SSW of WLD.
• In addition to being known as "Strother Field", another name for WLD is "(formerly Strother Army Airfield)".
• The furthest airport from Strother Field (WLD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,751 miles (17,302 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA):

• In 2006, the airport handled almost one million passengers and had 258 airline flight arrivals and departures weekly during the peak June – August summer season.
• Air traffic control service is provided by BAS-Serco under contract to the DAO.
• L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of L.F. Wade International Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at L.F. Wade 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.
• On 16 April 2007 the airport was renamed "L.F.
• The furthest airport from L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Rottnest Airport (RTS), which is nearly antipodal to L.F. Wade International Airport (meaning L.F. Wade International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rottnest Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Billy Mitchell Airport (HNC), which is located 658 miles (1,059 kilometers) WNW of BDA.
• A modern Doppler Weather radar with a 150 mi.
• The former NATO hangar built in the early 1990s is now used for the airport's growing corporate jet traffic.
• A small portion of the south-east corner of the airport was transformed in the 1990s into Bermuda Motorsports Park.