Nonstop flight route between Long Island, Queensland, Australia and Bitam, Gabon:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), Long Island, Queensland, Australia and Bitam Airport (BMM), Bitam, Gabon would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,842 miles (or 9,402 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 Long Island MacArthur Airport and Bitam 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 Long Island MacArthur Airport and Bitam Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HAP / |
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Location: | Long Island, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'43"N by 73°6'1"W |
Area Served: | Long Island, New York metro area |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 99 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from HAP |
More Information: | HAP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BMM / FOOB |
Airport Name: | Bitam Airport |
Location: | Bitam, Gabon |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°4'32"N by 11°29'35"E |
Area Served: | Bitam |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1969 feet (600 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BMM |
More Information: | BMM Maps & Info |
Facts about Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP):
- Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) has 4 runways.
- The Suffolk County Police Aviation Section has a Law Enforcement and MEDEVAC helicopter based at MacArthur Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Long Island MacArthur Airport", other names for HAP include "ISP", "KISP" and "ISP".
- In April 1942, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Town of Islip contracted with the federal government to build an airfield on Town-owned land for military use.
- The furthest airport from Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,783 miles (18,963 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Established about midway through the 20th century, by the end of the century MacArthur Airport had been completely transformed.
- The closest airport to Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HAP.
- MacArthur Airport is connected with the nearby Long Island Rail Road station at Ronkonkoma by shuttle buses.
- Because of Long Island MacArthur Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Island MacArthur 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.
Facts about Bitam Airport (BMM):
- The closest airport to Bitam Airport (BMM) is Ebolowa Airport (EBW), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) NNW of BMM.
- The furthest airport from Bitam Airport (BMM) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bitam Airport (meaning Bitam Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,211 miles (19,651 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- Bitam Airport (BMM) currently has only 1 runway.