Nonstop flight route between Macenta, Guinea and Kandahar, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Macenta Airport (MCA), Macenta, Guinea and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,048 miles (or 8,125 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 Macenta Airport and Kabul 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 Macenta Airport and Kabul 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: | MCA / GUMA |
Airport Name: | Macenta Airport |
Location: | Macenta, Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°31'58"N by 9°28'1"W |
Area Served: | Macenta |
View all routes: | Routes from MCA |
More Information: | MCA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDH / OAKN |
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Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°30'25"N by 65°51'1"E |
Area Served: | Southern Afghanistan |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 3330 feet (1,015 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KDH |
More Information: | KDH Maps & Info |
Facts about Macenta Airport (MCA):
- The closest airport to Macenta Airport (MCA) is Voinjama Airport (VOI), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SW of MCA.
- The furthest airport from Macenta Airport (MCA) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Macenta Airport (meaning Macenta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):
- The Afghan government has been slow in rebuilding the facility, the vast majority of it has been reclaimed from years of neglect and damage by Soviet and Taliban soldiers.
- The 159th Combat Aviation Brigade became the main U.S.
- Reconstruction and Canadian deployments
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Major battles between the Taliban and local anti-Taliban forces had been fought at the airport just days earlier, and when coalition troops arrived there were abandoned weapons - including a BM-21 still loaded with rockets - scattered around the terminal.
- Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Royal Air Force also has a detachment of C130 K and J model Hercules transport aircraft from 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons and its attached Engineering detachment from 24/30 and 47/70 Engineering Squadrons as part of No.
- Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
- Eight General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon close air support fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were deployed to Kandahar Airfield to support the expanded NATO operation in southern Afghanistan in late 2006.
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
- The deployments in February 2006 brought Task Force Afghanistan in Kandahar to about 2,250 personnel.
- As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy also had based a squadron of Harrier GR7A aircraft at Kandahar Airfield to provide close air support to coalition ground forces replacing USMC AV-8B's.