Nonstop flight route between Arusha, Tanzania and Yakima, Washington, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arusha Airport (ARK), Arusha, Tanzania and Yakima Air Terminal (YKM), Yakima, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,153 miles (or 14,730 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 Arusha Airport and Yakima Air Terminal, 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 Arusha Airport and Yakima Air Terminal. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | YKM / KYKM |
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Location: | Yakima, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°34'5"N by 120°32'39"W |
Area Served: | Yakima, Washington |
Operator/Owner: | City of Yakima |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1099 feet (335 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKM |
More Information: | YKM Maps & Info |
Facts about Arusha Airport (ARK):
- The closest airport to Arusha Airport (ARK) is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) E of ARK.
- 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.
- Arusha Airport handled 122,621 passengers last year.
- Arusha Airport (ARK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport served 87,252 passengers in 2004.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Arusha Airport", another name for ARK is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Arusha (Swahili)".
Facts about Yakima Air Terminal (YKM):
- In addition to being known as "Yakima Air Terminal", another name for YKM is "McAllister Field".
- Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) has 2 runways.
- This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 69,835 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 60,028 in 2009 and 53,832 in 2010.
- Yakima Air Terminal is a public airport three miles south of Yakima, in Yakima County, Washington.
- The airport is also home to Cub Crafters, a manufacturer of light sport and light utility aircraft.
- The closest airport to Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) is Vagabond Army Heliport (closed to fixed-wing aircraft) (FCT), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of YKM.
- The furthest airport from Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,797 miles (17,377 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.