Nonstop flight route between Chipata, Zambia and Ulan Bator, Mongolia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chipata Airport (CIP), Chipata, Zambia and Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN), Ulan Bator, Mongolia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,202 miles (or 9,981 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 Chinggis Khaan 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 Chipata Airport and Chinggis Khaan 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 Chipata Airport (CIP):

• The closest airport to Chipata Airport (CIP) is Mfuwe Airport (MFU), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) WNW of CIP.
• Chipata Airport (CIP) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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".

Facts about Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN):

• The terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in 1986.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) has 2 runways.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport handled 1,098,865 passengers last year.
• Between 1994 and 1997 a further major upgrade of construction and air navigation was achieved with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank, making the airport compliant with ICAO standards.
• The closest airport to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Mandalgovi Airport (MXW), which is located 145 miles (234 kilometers) S of ULN.
• The airport is due for replacement in 2017 by the new Khöshigt Valley Airport due to be constructed at the Khoshigt Valley 52 kilometres from Ulaanbaatar city centre.
• In addition to being known as "Chinggis Khaan International Airport", another name for ULN is "Чингис хаан олон улсын нисэх буудалᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ  ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ".
• The airline Aero Mongolia has its head office on the third floor of the main airport building.
• Because of Chinggis Khaan International Airport's high elevation of 4,364 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ULN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ULN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (meaning Chinggis Khaan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.