Nonstop flight route between Khost, Afghanistan and Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Khost Airport (KHT), Khost, Afghanistan and Culiacán International Airport (CUL), Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,419 miles (or 13,549 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 Khost Airport and Culiacán 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 Khost Airport and Culiacán International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Khost Airport (KHT):

• The closest airport to Khost Airport (KHT) is Bannu Airport (BNP), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) SE of KHT.
• In addition to being known as "Khost Airport", other names for KHT include "Khost Airport (Khost)", "دخوست هوائی ډګر" and "KDH".
• The furthest airport from Khost Airport (KHT) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Khost Airport (meaning Khost Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,009 miles (19,326 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In December 2009, seven CIA employees were killed in a suicide attack at the nearby Forward Operating Base Chapman.
• There had been three major reported accidents, all of them during the 1980s mujahideen fighting and involved Russian-made Antonov An-26 aircraft.
• Khost Airport (KHT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Culiacán International Airport (CUL):

• It's the main building used for the commercial flights, domestics and foreigners.
• Culiacán International Airport (CUL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The General Aviation Terminal is located next to the Main Terminal.
• Because of Culiacán International Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Culiacán International 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 Culiacán International Airport (CUL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,757 miles (18,920 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Culiacán International Airport (CUL) is Los Mochis International Airport (LMM), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) WNW of CUL.
• In addition to being known as "Culiacán International Airport", another name for CUL is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán".
• In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.