AeroDistanceFlight Distance & Visa Matrix

The most isolated airports on Earth

Some airports sit so far from any other that the nearest runway is an ocean away. We measured the distance from every airport in our dataset to its closest neighbour, and ranked them.

Method: great-circle distance from each airport to its nearest neighbouring airport, across 3,270 airports with scheduled service.

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  1. 1

    Isla De Pascua, ChileIPC

    Mataveri International Airport

    Nearest airport: Totegegie Airport, French Polynesia (GMR)

    2,599
    km
    See route
  2. 2

    Kiritimati, KiribatiCXI

    Cassidy International Airport

    Nearest airport: Kailua-Kona, United States (KOA)

    1,979
    km
    See route
  3. 3

    Cat Hill, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaASI

    RAF Ascension Island

    Nearest airport: Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (HLE)

    1,301
    km
    See route
  4. 4

    Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaHLE

    Saint Helena International Airport

    Nearest airport: Cat Hill, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (ASI)

    1,301
    km
    See route
  5. 5

    Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying IslandsAWK

    Wake Island Airfield

    Nearest airport: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (KWA)

    1,180
    km
    See route
  6. 6

    Hamilton, BermudaBDA

    L.F. Wade International Airport

    Nearest airport: Nantucket, United States (ACK)

    1,098
    km
    See route
  7. 7

    Isla Baltra, EcuadorGPS

    Seymour Galapagos Ecological Airport

    Nearest airport: Salinas/La Libertad, Ecuador (SNC)

    1,050
    km
    See route
  8. 8

    West Island, Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCCK

    Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport

    Nearest airport: Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (XCH)

    985
    km
    See route
  9. 9

    Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaPKC

    Yelizovo Airport

    Nearest airport: Magadan, Russia (GDX)

    886
    km
    See route
  10. 10

    Avarua, Cook IslandsRAR

    Rarotonga International Airport

    Nearest airport: Rurutu Airport, French Polynesia (RUR)

    882
    km
    See route
  11. 11

    Longyearbyen, NorwayLYR

    Svalbard Airport, Longyear

    Nearest airport: Honningsvåg, Norway (HVG)

    859
    km
    See route
  12. 12

    Totegegie Airport, French PolynesiaGMR

    Totegegie Airport

    Nearest airport: Otepa, French Polynesia (HOI)

    841
    km
    See route
  13. 13

    Kufra, LibyaAKF

    Kufra Airport

    Nearest airport: Asyut, Egypt (ATZ)

    835
    km
    See route
  14. 14

    Te One, New ZealandCHT

    Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport

    Nearest airport: Napier, New Zealand (NPE)

    735
    km
    See route
  15. 15

    Funafuti, TuvaluFUN

    Funafuti International Airport

    Nearest airport: Wallis Island, Wallis and Futuna (WLS)

    726
    km
    See route
  16. 16

    Yaren, NauruINU

    Nauru International Airport

    Nearest airport: South Tarawa, Kiribati (TRW)

    725
    km
    See route
  17. 17

    Burnt Pine, Norfolk IslandNLK

    Norfolk Island International Airport

    Nearest airport: Île des Pins, New Caledonia (ILP)

    719
    km
    See route
  18. 18

    Resolute Bay, CanadaYRB

    Resolute Bay Airport

    Nearest airport: Cambridge Bay, Canada (YCB)

    713
    km
    See route
  19. 19

    Weno Island, MicronesiaTKK

    Chuuk International Airport

    Nearest airport: Pohnpei Island, Micronesia (PNI)

    704
    km
    See route
  20. 20

    Adak, United StatesADK

    Adak Airport

    Nearest airport: St George, United States (STG)

    691
    km
    See route
  21. 21

    South Tarawa, KiribatiTRW

    Bonriki International Airport

    Nearest airport: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands (MAJ)

    665
    km
    See route
  22. 22

    Cambridge Bay, CanadaYCB

    Cambridge Bay Airport

    Nearest airport: Baker Lake, Canada (YBK)

    665
    km
    See route
  23. 23

    Mount Pleasant, Falkland IslandsMPN

    Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant

    Nearest airport: Rio Grande, Argentina (RGA)

    662
    km
    See route
  24. 24

    Port Blair, IndiaIXZ

    Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh

    Nearest airport: Mkeik, Myanmar (MGZ)

    647
    km
    See route
  25. 25

    Kulusuk, GreenlandKUS

    Kulusuk Airport

    Nearest airport: Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (SFJ)

    627
    km
    See route

Computed from the public-domain OurAirports dataset, limited to large and medium airports with scheduled commercial service. Distances are great-circle, not flown routes — an actual flight may be longer.