Nonstop flight route between Iringa, Tanzania and Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI), Iringa, Tanzania and Port Stanley Airport (PSY), Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,953 miles (or 9,581 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport and Port Stanley 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport and Port Stanley Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRI / HTIR |
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Location: | Iringa, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°40'9"S by 35°45'6"E |
Area Served: | Iringa |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4678 feet (1,426 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IRI |
More Information: | IRI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PSY / SFAL |
Airport Name: | Port Stanley Airport |
Location: | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°41'8"S by 57°46'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | Falkland Islands Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSY |
More Information: | PSY Maps & Info |
Facts about Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI):
- Because of Iringa / Nduli Airport's high elevation of 4,678 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IRI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IRI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Iringa / Nduli Airport", another name for IRI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Iringa / Nduli (Swahili)".
- The furthest airport from Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,453 miles (18,432 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Msalato International Airport– Proposed airport – (DOD), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) N of IRI.
- Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Port Stanley Airport (PSY):
- Prior to 1972, there was no airport in the Falkland Islands with a paved runway, and all trips to the islands had to be undertaken by boat.
- In 1971, the Argentine Air Force broke the islands' isolation starting with amphibious flights from Comodoro Rivadavia with Grumman HU-16B Albatross aircraft operated by LADE, Argentina's military airline.
- The closest airport to Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of PSY.
- The furthest airport from Port Stanley Airport (PSY) is Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE), which is nearly antipodal to Port Stanley Airport (meaning Port Stanley Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mohe Gulian Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Mohe, Heilongjiang, China.
- After the war, the Royal Air Force took over the airport, renaming it RAF Stanley.
- Because of Port Stanley Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Stanley 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.
- Port Stanley Airport (PSY) has 2 runways.