Nonstop flight route between Chipata, Zambia and Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chipata Airport (CIP), Chipata, Zambia and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,583 miles (or 8,986 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 Chipata Airport and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA), 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 Chipata Airport and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chipata Airport (CIP):

• The furthest airport from Chipata Airport (CIP) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,776 miles (18,952 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Chipata Airport", another name for CIP is "ZSE".
• Chipata Airport (CIP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chipata Airport (CIP) is Mfuwe Airport (MFU), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) WNW of CIP.

Facts about Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS):

• With about 12 to 15 percent passengers growth annually, the airport will reach 20 million passengers per annum in 2017, which is the current airport's full capacity.
• The airport is located in Tuban on the Island of Bali between Kuta and Jimbaran and is close to the tourist locations of southern Bali.
• The current airport is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian National Hero an Indonesian republican who died on 20 November 1946 in a puputan against the Dutch at Marga in Tabanan where the Dutch defeated them with the aid of aircraft, killing Rai and 95 others during the Indonesian Revolution in 1946.
• In October 2010 former vice president Jusuf Kalla proposed a massive overhaul of the airport's facilities.
• The closest airport to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of DPS.
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) handled 12,780,563 passengers last year.
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (meaning Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• Because of Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)'s relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)", other names for DPS include "Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai (NRIA)" and "WADD formerly WRRR".