Nonstop flight route between Arusha, Tanzania and Medina, Saudi Arabia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arusha Airport (ARK), Arusha, Tanzania and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED), Medina, Saudi Arabia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,940 miles (or 3,122 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 relatively short distance between Arusha Airport and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARK / HTAR |
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Location: | Arusha, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°22'0"S by 36°37'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4550 feet (1,387 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ARK |
More Information: | ARK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MED / OEMA |
Airport Name: | Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport |
Location: | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°33'11"N by 39°42'17"E |
Area Served: | Medina |
Operator/Owner: | TIBAH Airports Operation Co. Ltd (TAV) |
Airport Type: | Privatized |
Elevation: | 2151 feet (656 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MED |
More Information: | MED Maps & Info |
Facts about Arusha Airport (ARK):
- Arusha Airport handled 122,621 passengers last year.
- Arusha Airport is a small airport serving Arusha, Tanzania.
- In addition to being known as "Arusha Airport", another name for ARK is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Arusha (Swahili)".
- Arusha Airport (ARK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Arusha Airport (ARK) is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) E of ARK.
- Because of Arusha Airport's high elevation of 4,550 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ARK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ARK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Arusha Airport (ARK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- The airport served 87,252 passengers in 2004.
- A few days later it was flown empty to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Facts about Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED):
- Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport handled 1,592,000 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Yanbu International Airport (YNB), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) WSW of MED.
- Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) has 2 runways.
- It is the fourth busiest airport in Saudi Arabia, handling 1,592,000 passengers in 2004, including 378,715 Hajj charter passengers.
- The furthest airport from Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED) is Tureira Airport (ZTA), which is nearly antipodal to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport (meaning Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tureira Airport), and is located 12,153 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.