Nonstop flight route between Yasawa Island, Fiji and Brownsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), Yasawa Island, Fiji and Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), Brownsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,422 miles (or 10,335 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 Yasawa Island Airport and Brownsville/South Padre Island 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 Yasawa Island Airport and Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yasawa Island Airport (YAS):

• Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Yasawa Island Airport (meaning Yasawa Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
• Because of Yasawa Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Yasawa Island 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 Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Nadi International Airport (NAN), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) S of YAS.

Facts about Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO):

• The closest airport to Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of BRO.
• Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport", another name for BRO is "(former Brownsville Army Airfield)".
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• Because of Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Brownsville/South Padre Island 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 Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,143 miles (17,933 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport is the largest air cargo handling airport in the Rio Grande Valley.
• For the first year of the United States' involvement in combat of the war, Pan American continued to operate the airport, providing training to Ferrying Command pilots and ground mechanics assigned to the 18th Transport Transition Training Detachment.