Nonstop flight route between South Naknek, Alaska, United States and Nadi, Fiji:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between South Naknek Airport (WSN), South Naknek, Alaska, United States and Nadi International Airport (NAN), Nadi, Fiji would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,479 miles (or 8,817 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 South Naknek Airport and Nadi International 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 South Naknek Airport and Nadi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WSN / PFWS |
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Location: | South Naknek, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°42'7"N by 157°0'8"W |
Area Served: | South Naknek, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WSN |
More Information: | WSN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAN / NFFN |
Airport Name: | Nadi International Airport |
Location: | Nadi, Fiji |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°45'19"S by 177°26'35"E |
Area Served: | Nadi |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 59 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAN |
More Information: | NAN Maps & Info |
Facts about South Naknek Airport (WSN):
- Because of South Naknek Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at South Naknek 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 South Naknek Airport (WSN) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,730 miles (17,269 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
- South Naknek Airport, also known as South Naknek Nr 2 Airport, is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of South Naknek, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S.
- South Naknek Airport (WSN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to South Naknek Airport (WSN) is Naknek Airport (NNK), which is located only 2 miles (4 kilometers) NNW of WSN.
- In addition to being known as "South Naknek Airport", another name for WSN is "South Naknek Nr 2 Airport".
Facts about Nadi International Airport (NAN):
- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands head office is at Nadi Airport.Air Pacific has its head office in the Air Pacific Maintenance & Administration Centre at the airport.
- After the war ended, control of Nadi Airport was handed over to New Zealand on 20 December 1946, and the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand began operations from Nadi in 1947.
- The closest airport to Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Mana Island Airport (MNF), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of NAN.
- Nadi International Airport (NAN) has 2 runways.
- Because of Nadi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Nadi 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 furthest airport from Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Nadi International Airport (meaning Nadi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
- Nadi is the operational base for Fiji Airways, which services six airports throughout the southwest Pacific, and many more on the Pacific Rim.
- During the first half of the 1960s, Nadi served as a key airport for transfer of passengers from Auckland's Whenuapai airport which could only take turboprop and piston aeroplanes, onto the new DC-8s and Boeing 707s bound for North America and Europe.