Halfway between Honolulu and Los Angeles
The midpoint of the shortest route between Honolulu and Los Angeles is over the North Pacific Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 29.137° N 139.258° W
- Great-circle distance
- 4,120km
- 2,560 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 5h 21min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 61°
- from Honolulu, true north
- Nearest large city
- San Francisco
- United States · 1,823 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
184km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 184 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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