Nonstop flight route between Awasa, Ethiopia and Kiev, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Awasa International Airport (AWA), Awasa, Ethiopia and Boryspil International Airport (KBP), Kiev, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,022 miles (or 4,864 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 Awasa International Airport and Boryspil 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 Awasa International Airport and Boryspil International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Awasa International Airport (AWA):

• Because of Awasa International Airport's high elevation of 5,149 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AWA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AWA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Awasa International Airport (AWA) is Arba Minch Airport (AMH), which is located 95 miles (152 kilometers) SW of AWA.
• Awasa International Airport (AWA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Awasa International Airport (AWA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Awasa International Airport (meaning Awasa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,184 miles (19,609 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Boryspil International Airport (KBP):

• Boryspil International Airport has four operational terminals, one of which is a VIP terminal.
• The Ukrainian Border Guard and State Customs Service maintain control points for arriving and departing passengers.
• Boryspil airport is equipped with two runways, with the terminals occupying a centre-field location.
• New hotels will also open near Boryspil Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Boryspil International Airport", another name for KBP is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль"".
• The furthest airport from Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 2002 Boryspil airport was certified under the ISO 9001 quality management system.
• In the late 1980s, Mikheil Saakashvili, the current president of Georgia, served his conscript service in the Soviet border guard's Boryspil Separate Group that was maintaining border control in the airport.
• Because of Boryspil International Airport's relatively low elevation of 427 feet, planes can take off or land at Boryspil 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.
• The closest airport to Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WNW of KBP.
• There are plans to expand the airport further by building several new terminals.
• Boryspil International Airport (KBP) has 2 runways.