Nonstop flight route between Fianarantsoa, Madagascar and Tehran, Iran:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI), Fianarantsoa, Madagascar and Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), Tehran, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,937 miles (or 6,337 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 Fianarantsoa Airport and Tehran Imam Khomeini 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 Fianarantsoa Airport and Tehran Imam Khomeini 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: | WFI / FMSF |
Airport Name: | Fianarantsoa Airport |
Location: | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°26'30"S by 47°6'42"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WFI |
More Information: | WFI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IKA / OIIE |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Tehran, Iran |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°24'57"N by 51°9'7"E |
Area Served: | Tehran |
Operator/Owner: | Iranian Airports Holding Company |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3305 feet (1,007 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from IKA |
More Information: | IKA Maps & Info |
Facts about Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI):
- The closest airport to Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) is Mananjary Airport (MNJ), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) ENE of WFI.
- Because of Fianarantsoa Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Fianarantsoa 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 Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) is Santa Cruz Island Airport (SZN), which is located 11,260 miles (18,122 kilometers) away in Santa Barbara, California, United States.
Facts about Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA):
- "I think they were given false reports that the Turks were still on the site, while they had all evacuated the airport by Friday," airport manager Hossein Pirouzi said.
- TAV officials were ordered to withdraw their personnel and equipment from the airport on 7 May 2004, and operations were handed over to Iran Air.
- Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) has 2 runways.
- Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport handled 4,986,477 passengers last year.
- After the Iranian Revolution, the project was abandoned until the government of Iran decided to design and build the airport using local know-how.
- In addition to being known as "Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport", another name for IKA is "فرودگاه امام خمینی".
- On 26 October 2007, it was announced that as of 28 October 2007 at midnight, all international flights except those bound to and from Damascus, Jeddah and Medina were transferred to the Imam Khomeini International Airport and the IKA became Tehran's primary international airport.
- TAV officials, who had agreed to clear out for two weeks for the dispute to be settled, also stated that they believed the memorandum of understanding they signed with the Iranian government last year to operate the airport's Terminal 1 is still in effect.
- The furthest airport from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,511 miles (18,525 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) is Mehrabad Airport (THR), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NNE of IKA.