Nonstop flight route between Kerema, Papua New Guinea and Panama City, Florida, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from KMA to PAM:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- KMA Airport Information
- PAM Airport Information
- Facts about KMA
- Facts about PAM
- Map of Nearest Airports to KMA
- List of Nearest Airports to KMA
- Map of Furthest Airports from KMA
- List of Furthest Airports from KMA
- Map of Nearest Airports to PAM
- List of Nearest Airports to PAM
- Map of Furthest Airports from PAM
- List of Furthest Airports from PAM
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kerema Airport (KMA), Kerema, Papua New Guinea and Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), Panama City, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,789 miles (or 14,145 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 Kerema Airport and Tyndall Air Force Base, 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 Kerema Airport and Tyndall Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KMA / AYKM |
Airport Name: | Kerema Airport |
Location: | Kerema, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°57'48"S by 145°46'17"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KMA |
More Information: | KMA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PAM / KPAM |
Airport Name: | Tyndall Air Force Base |
Location: | Panama City, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°4'42"N by 85°34'35"W |
View all routes: | Routes from PAM |
More Information: | PAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Kerema Airport (KMA):
- Because of Kerema Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerema 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 Kerema Airport (KMA) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,622 miles (18,704 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The closest airport to Kerema Airport (KMA) is Ihu Airport (IHU), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) W of KMA.
- Kerema Airport (KMA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM):
- The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is also headquartered at Tyndall and a branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate also has facilities at the base.
- Today, Tyndall is the home of the 325th Fighter Wing, providing training for all F-22A Raptor pilots.
- In December 1940, a site board determined that Flexible Gunnery School No.
- On 1 July 1956 Tyndall AFB became the station operating for the third phase of the ADC mobile radar program, being designated as TM-198.
- The closest airport to Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Panama City–Bay County International Airport (PFN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of PAM.
- The furthest airport from Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,235 miles (18,080 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- It also received a Back-Up Interceptor Control II, and later BUIC III, capability to perform command and control functions.