Nonstop flight route between Naypyidaw, Myanmar and Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naypyitaw International Airport (NYT), Naypyidaw, Myanmar and O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,544 miles (or 8,923 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 Naypyitaw International Airport and O. R. Tambo 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 Naypyitaw International Airport and O. R. Tambo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Naypyitaw International Airport (NYT):

• In addition to being known as "Naypyitaw International Airport", another name for NYT is "နေပြည်တော် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်".
• The third phase includes adding 17 more boarding bridges, a dual parallel taxiway measuring 1200 ft × 100 ft, a runway measuring 12000 ft × 100 ft in front of the airport building, a set of dual parallel taxiway measuring 12,000 ft × 100 ft, four taxways measuring 650 ft × 100 ft, four taxways measuring 550 ft × 100 ft and an apron for cargo planes.
• The total area of the ground, first and second floors of the building is 63,000 square metres.
• The closest airport to Naypyitaw International Airport (NYT) is Loikaw Airport (LIW), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) E of NYT.
• The approach road to the airport with two ways / four lanes is 1500 metres long.
• Naypyitaw International Airport (NYT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Naypyitaw International Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Naypyitaw 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 Naypyitaw International Airport (NYT) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,792 miles (18,977 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.

Facts about O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB):

• In November 2009 Air France announced the scheduled flights of their Airbus A380 into Johannesburg's O.R.
• Because of O. R. Tambo International Airport's high elevation of 5,558 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of JNB.
• O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) has 2 runways.
• On 10 January 2013 the airport's ICAO code was changed from FAJS to FAOR.
• O. R. Tambo International Airport handled 18,794,897 passengers last year.
• It was used as a test airport for the Concorde during the 1970s, to determine how the aircraft would perform while taking off and landing at high altitude.
• In addition to being known as "O. R. Tambo International Airport", another name for JNB is "Johannesburg International Airport".
• In September 2006 Gauteng Province contracted Bombardier Transportation for a rail link connecting Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the airport, with construction to begin immediately.
• The furthest airport from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,979 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.