Nonstop flight route between Ardabil, Iran and Luanda, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ardabil Airport (ADU), Ardabil, Iran and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD), Luanda, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,970 miles (or 6,389 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 Ardabil Airport and Quatro de Fevereiro 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 Ardabil Airport and Quatro de Fevereiro 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: | ADU / OITL |
Airport Name: | Ardabil Airport |
Location: | Ardabil, Iran |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°19'32"N by 48°25'27"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4315 feet (1,315 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ADU |
More Information: | ADU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAD / FNLU |
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Location: | Luanda, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°51'29"S by 13°13'52"E |
Operator/Owner: | ENANA EP |
Airport Type: | Military / Public |
Elevation: | 243 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAD |
More Information: | LAD Maps & Info |
Facts about Ardabil Airport (ADU):
- The furthest airport from Ardabil Airport (ADU) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,366 miles (18,291 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Ardabil Airport (ADU) is Lankaran International Airport (LLK), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) NE of ADU.
- Ardabil Airport (ADU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Ardabil Airport's high elevation of 4,315 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ADU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ADU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD):
- Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport handled 2,430,794 passengers last year.
- In 2009, about 1.8 million passengers were counted.
- On 12 February 2000, a Transafrik International cargo Boeing 727 crashed upon landing on runway 23.
- Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) is Ambriz Airport (AZZ), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) N of LAD.
- The furthest airport from Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,862 miles (19,090 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
- In addition to being known as "Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport", other names for LAD include "Aeroporto 4 de Fevereiro (Belas) (Luanda)" and "Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro".
- Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, is the main international airport of Angola.
- Because of Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 243 feet, planes can take off or land at Quatro de Fevereiro 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.