Nonstop flight route between Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas, United States and Hengchun, Taiwan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK), Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas, United States and Hengchun Airport (HCN), Hengchun, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,966 miles (or 12,820 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 Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport and Hengchun 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 Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport and Hengchun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRK / KGRK |
Airport Name: | Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport |
Location: | Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°4'1"N by 97°49'44"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1015 feet (309 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRK |
More Information: | GRK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HCN / RCKW |
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Location: | Hengchun, Taiwan |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°2'17"N by 120°43'49"E |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HCN |
More Information: | HCN Maps & Info |
Facts about Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK):
- Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) is Hood Army Airfield (HLR), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GRK.
- The furthest airport from Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,030 miles (17,751 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport has one runway designated 15/33 with a PEM surface measuring 10,000 by 200 feet.
Facts about Hengchun Airport (HCN):
- The furthest airport from Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Hengchun Airport (meaning Hengchun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
- The closest airport to Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH), which is located 44 miles (72 kilometers) NNW of HCN.
- The airport construction was finished in 2003 and opened to public in 2004 with a cost of NT$ 539,000,000.
- Hengchun Airport (HCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Hengchun Airport", other names for HCN include "恆春航空站恆春機場" and "Héngchūn HángkōngzhànHéngchūn Jīchǎng".
- Because of Hengchun Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Hengchun 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.