Nonstop flight route between Lahaina, Hawaii, United States and Nairobi, Kenya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kapalua Airport (JHM), Lahaina, Hawaii, United States and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,799 miles (or 17,379 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 Kapalua Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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 Kapalua Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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: | JHM / PHJH |
Airport Name: | Kapalua Airport |
Location: | Lahaina, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°57'47"N by 156°40'23"W |
Area Served: | Lahaina, Hawaii |
Operator/Owner: | Hawaii Department of Transportation |
Airport Type: | Private use, publicly owned |
Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JHM |
More Information: | JHM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBO / HKJK |
Airport Name: | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport |
Location: | Nairobi, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°19'6"S by 36°55'32"E |
Area Served: | Nairobi |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 5327 feet (1,624 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NBO |
More Information: | NBO Maps & Info |
Facts about Kapalua Airport (JHM):
- Kapalua Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaii.
- The furthest airport from Kapalua Airport (JHM) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kapalua Airport (meaning Kapalua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,904 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
- Kapalua Airport (JHM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kapalua Airport (JHM) is Kahului Airport (OGG), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ESE of JHM.
- Because of Kapalua Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kapalua 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.
- Kapalua Airport, also known as Kapalua–West Maui Airport, is a regional private use airport on the west side of the island of Maui in Hawaii.
- Named for the Kapalua Resort a few miles to the north, the airport replaced the Kaanapali Airport, which had an even shorter runway, in 1987 to allow valuable coastal land to be developed.
Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
- A new instrument landing system-equipped runway 5,500 metres in length has been approved for construction at a cost of 12.8 billion Kenyan shillings.
- The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
- International arrivals are bused to a temporary facility set up in the ground floor of the new parkade.
- The airport served 5,803,635 passengers in 2011, making it the ninth-busiest airport in Africa by total passengers.
- The furthest airport from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,621 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- In November 2012, KAA announced that Units 1, 2, and 3 would be renovated at a cost of 7.9 billion Kenyan shillings.
- Because of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's high elevation of 5,327 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NBO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NBO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.