Nonstop flight route between Batu Licin, Kalimantan, Indonesia and Nanyuki, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Batu Licin Airport (BTW), Batu Licin, Kalimantan, Indonesia and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,457 miles (or 8,782 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 Batu Licin Airport and Nanyuki Airfield, 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 Batu Licin Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Batu Licin Airport (BTW):

• The closest airport to Batu Licin Airport (BTW) is Gusti Syamsir Alam Airport (KBU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NE of BTW.
• Because of Batu Licin Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Batu Licin 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 Batu Licin Airport (BTW) is Canaima Airport (CAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Batu Licin Airport (meaning Batu Licin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canaima Airport), and is located 12,229 miles (19,681 kilometers) away in Canaima, Venezuela.

Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):

• Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Nanyuki Airfield is a government-owned, privately leased airfield, serving private and commercial air operators.
• The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
• The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In the early 1990s the airfield became home to Tropic Air Kenya — a small air charter company operating single-engine Cessna aircraft and helicopters.
• In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".