Nonstop flight route between Da Nang, Vietnam and Mogadishu, Somalia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), Da Nang, Vietnam and Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,382 miles (or 7,053 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 Đà Nẵng International Airport and Aden Adde 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 Đà Nẵng International Airport and Aden Adde International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DAD / VVDN |
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Location: | Da Nang, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°2'38"N by 108°11'57"E |
Area Served: | Da Nang |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Corporation of Vietnam |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DAD |
More Information: | DAD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGQ / HCMM |
Airport Name: | Aden Adde International Airport |
Location: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°0'48"N by 45°18'16"E |
Area Served: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MGQ |
More Information: | MGQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD):
- In addition to being known as "Đà Nẵng International Airport", another name for DAD is "Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng".
- After the war, the facility was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War.
- During the Vietnam War, the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base.
- Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) is Phu Bai International Airport (HUI), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NW of DAD.
- Because of Đà Nẵng International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Đà Nẵng International 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.
- A new 20,000m² terminal, costing USD $84 million with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year, opened to receive its first domestic flight on 15 December.
- The furthest airport from Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) is Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), which is nearly antipodal to Đà Nẵng International Airport (meaning Đà Nẵng International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,975 kilometers) away in Arequipa, Peru.
- In addition to its civil aviation, the runway is shared with the Vietnamese People's Air Force, although military activities are now extremely limited.
- During the year 2006, Da Nang Airport counted one million passengers annually, the first time since 1975 it had reached this level.
Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):
- The following year, due to security risks brought on by the resumption of fighting in the wake of the Ethiopian intervention, most civilian aircraft opted to land and depart from K50 Airport, situated about 50 km from Mogadishu in Lower Shabelle.
- Among its first initiatives, worth an estimated $6 million, SKA invested in new airport equipment and expanded support services by hiring, training and equipping 200 local workers to meet international airport standards.
- Additionally, the IOM has helped firm up on airport security by training 84 civil aviation, immigration, finance and customs department officers on proper border management and immigration protocol.
- The furthest airport from Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- In January 2013, a new immigration building was opened at the Aden Adde International Airport.
- The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
- In September 2013, the Turkish company Favori LLC began operations at the airport.
- During the post-independence period, Mogadishu International Airport offered flights to numerous global destinations.
- With the collapse of the Siad Barre regime and the ensuing civil war, the airport's ongoing renovations came to a halt.
- Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.