Nonstop flight route between Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Hilo, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fredericton International Airport (YFC), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Hilo International Airport (ITO), Hilo, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,180 miles (or 8,337 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 Fredericton International Airport and Hilo 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 Fredericton International Airport and Hilo 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 Fredericton International Airport (YFC):

• Fredericton International Airport handled 273,968 passengers last year.
• Because of Fredericton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Fredericton 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.
• Fredericton International Airport (YFC) has 2 runways.
• The airport has two runways and is the second busiest airport in New Brunswick in terms of passenger levels, after the Greater Moncton International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Fredericton International Airport (YFC) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,648 miles (18,746 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Fredericton International Airport (YFC) is 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) ESE of YFC.

Facts about Hilo International Airport (ITO):

• Because of Hilo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Hilo 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.
• Improvements to Hilo's airfield were minimal during its first decade.
• On April 28, 1988, an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 operating Flight 243 from General Lyman Field to Honolulu International Airport carrying 89 passengers and 5 crew members experienced rapid decompression when an 18 feet section of the fuselage roof and sides were torn from the airplane.
• Hilo International Airport (ITO) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Hilo International Airport (ITO) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Hilo International Airport (meaning Hilo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• At the same time, the state's other major airports added overseas service.
• The closest airport to Hilo International Airport (ITO) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) W of ITO.
• Although designed as the second gateway into and out of Hawaiʻi, for many years Hilo had been Hawaiʻi's only major airport lacking non-stop flights to North America.
• Sixteen months after the dedication, scheduled inter-island service began on November 11, 1929 by Inter-Island Airways, the forerunner of Hawaiian Airlines.
• Hilo International Airport has two runways.
• The commuter terminal is located in a small, stand alone building approximately 0.25 miles to the west of the main passenger terminal.
• Hilo International Airport handled 1,279,342 passengers last year.