Nonstop flight route between Haycock, Alaska, United States and Kandahar, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Haycock Airport (HAY), Haycock, Alaska, United States and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,297 miles (or 8,525 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 Haycock Airport and Kabul 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 Haycock Airport and Kabul 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: | HAY / |
Airport Name: | Haycock Airport |
Location: | Haycock, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°12'3"N by 161°9'24"W |
Area Served: | Haycock, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | Alaska Department of Natural Resources |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 175 feet (53 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HAY |
More Information: | HAY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDH / OAKN |
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Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°30'25"N by 65°51'1"E |
Area Served: | Southern Afghanistan |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 3330 feet (1,015 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KDH |
More Information: | KDH Maps & Info |
Facts about Haycock Airport (HAY):
- Haycock Airport (HAY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Haycock Airport's relatively low elevation of 175 feet, planes can take off or land at Haycock 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 Haycock Airport (HAY) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,279 miles (16,542 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Haycock Airport (HAY) is Granite Mountain Air Station (GMT), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of HAY.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
- Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
- Major battles between the Taliban and local anti-Taliban forces had been fought at the airport just days earlier, and when coalition troops arrived there were abandoned weapons - including a BM-21 still loaded with rockets - scattered around the terminal.
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The airfield itself was built between 1956 and 1962 by American consultants, for a cost of USD 15 million.
- As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy also had based a squadron of Harrier GR7A aircraft at Kandahar Airfield to provide close air support to coalition ground forces replacing USMC AV-8B's.
- Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Royal Air Force also has a detachment of C130 K and J model Hercules transport aircraft from 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons and its attached Engineering detachment from 24/30 and 47/70 Engineering Squadrons as part of No.
- The Afghan government has been slow in rebuilding the facility, the vast majority of it has been reclaimed from years of neglect and damage by Soviet and Taliban soldiers.
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.