Nonstop flight route between Bowman, North Dakota, United States and Nanyuki, Kenya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM), Bowman, North Dakota, United States and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,452 miles (or 13,602 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 Bowman Municipal 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 Bowman Municipal Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWM / KBPP |
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Location: | Bowman, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°11'12"N by 103°25'41"W |
Area Served: | Bowman, North Dakota |
Operator/Owner: | Bowman County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2958 feet (902 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWM |
More Information: | BWM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NYK / HKNY |
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Location: | Nanyuki, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°3'39"S by 37°2'30"E |
Area Served: | Nanyuki, and Northern Kenya |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 6250 feet (1,905 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NYK |
More Information: | NYK Maps & Info |
Facts about Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM):
- Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) is Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) NE of BWM.
- In addition to being known as "Bowman Municipal Airport", another name for BWM is "BPP".
- The furthest airport from Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,463 miles (16,838 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Bowman Municipal Airport covers an area of 160 acres which contains one runway designated 11/29 with a 4,800 x 75 ft asphalt surface.
Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):
- In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
- Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- Nanyuki Airfield, is in Laikipia County, Laikipia District, Rift Valley Province, in the town of Nanyuki, in the Kenyan East Rift Valley.
- 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.
- The new civil airfield for Nanyuki was allocated along the Nanyuki – Naro Moru road about 10 kilometres, out of Nanyuki town, and was named Nanyuki Civil Airfield.
- The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.