Nonstop flight route between Kabala, Sierra Leone and Hagåtña, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kabala Airport (KBA), Kabala, Sierra Leone and Guam International Airport (GUM), Hagåtña, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,158 miles (or 16,348 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 Kabala Airport and Guam 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 Kabala Airport and Guam 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: | KBA / GFKB |
Airport Name: | Kabala Airport |
Location: | Kabala, Sierra Leone |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°38'20"N by 11°30'55"W |
Area Served: | Kabala |
View all routes: | Routes from KBA |
More Information: | KBA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUM / PGUM |
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Location: | Hagåtña, Guam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°29'2"N by 144°47'49"E |
Area Served: | Guam |
Operator/Owner: | A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 297 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUM |
More Information: | GUM Maps & Info |
Facts about Kabala Airport (KBA):
- The closest airport to Kabala Airport (KBA) is Faranah Airport (FAA), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) ENE of KBA.
- The furthest airport from Kabala Airport (KBA) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kabala Airport (meaning Kabala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
Facts about Guam International Airport (GUM):
- Because of Guam International Airport's relatively low elevation of 297 feet, planes can take off or land at Guam 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 closest airport to Guam International Airport (GUM) is Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NE of GUM.
- The airport is a hub for United Airlines and Asia Pacific Airlines and is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana.
- Japan Airlines opened a flight crew training center at GUM in October 2013.
- Guam International Airport handled 2,807,205 passengers last year.
- Arrival passenger inspection is conducted by the U.S.
- Guam International Airport (GUM) has 2 runways.
- The USCBP inspects all arriving passengers except nonstop flights from the States.
- On June 10, 2009, Jetstar Airways Flight 20 flying from Kansai International Airport to Gold Coast Airport experienced a small fire in the cockpit apparently caused by a fault in the heating system.
- In addition to being known as "Guam International Airport", another name for GUM is "Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport".
- Since Guam is outside the United States customs jurisdiction, passengers from all arrival flights go through GCQA inspection.
- The furthest airport from Guam International Airport (GUM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Guam International Airport (meaning Guam International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- Travel to Guam was restricted to military personnel with a security clearance until 1962.
- Transit passengers are also inspected by the USCBP before being allowed to proceed to their connecting gate.