Nonstop flight route between Cedar City, Utah, United States and Hargeisa, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC), Cedar City, Utah, United States and Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA), Hargeisa, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,857 miles (or 14,253 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 Cedar City Regional Airport and Hargeisa Egal 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 Cedar City Regional Airport and Hargeisa Egal 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 Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC):

• Because of Cedar City Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,622 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CDC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CDC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) ENE of CDC.
• Western Airlines flew to Cedar City in the 1940s.
• The furthest airport from Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,179 miles (17,991 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• SkyWest served Cedar City with 19-seat Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners, then 30-seat Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias.
• Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC) has 2 runways.

Facts about Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA):

• During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged.
• The closest airport to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of HGA.
• Originally a small facility built during the colonial period, the former Hargeisa International Airport was expanded and modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.
• Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hargeisa Egal International Airport is an international airport in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia.
• In 2012, the airport's routes were temporarily suspended as its runway underwent major renovations, funded by the Somaliland authorities, Kuwait Fund and USAID.
• Because of Hargeisa Egal International Airport's high elevation of 4,423 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (meaning Hargeisa Egal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.