Nonstop flight route between Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia and Comiso, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ölgii Airport (ULG), Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia and Comiso Airport (CIY), Comiso, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,735 miles (or 6,011 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 Ölgii Airport and Comiso 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 Ölgii Airport and Comiso Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ölgii Airport (ULG):

• The closest airport to Ölgii Airport (ULG) is Khovd Airport (HVD), which is located 106 miles (170 kilometers) SE of ULG.
• The furthest airport from Ölgii Airport (ULG) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 11,643 miles (18,737 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
• Ölgii Airport (ULG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ölgii Airport handled 13,000 passengers last year.

Facts about Comiso Airport (CIY):

• Aerial bombardments by the Allies rendered the airfield unserviceable on 26 May and 17 June 1943 in preparation for Operation Husky, the allied landings on Sicily.
• Because of Comiso Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Comiso 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 installation began as an aerodrome that was constructed in southeastern Sicily, at the foot of the Hyblaean Mountains and near the city of Comiso.
• The first permanently assigned U.S.
• The airfield remained under Allied control until American forces left in early 1945.
• The closest airport to Comiso Airport (CIY) is Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNE of CIY.
• The furthest airport from Comiso Airport (CIY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,689 miles (18,812 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In the late 1990s, Comiso was used for the Rainbow Mission, to house 5,000 Kosovars during the war in former Yugoslavia.
• It became one of several key aerodromes in southern Sicily during World War II.
• Comiso Airport (CIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Comiso Airport", another name for CIY is "Aeroporto di Comiso".