Nonstop flight route between Moscow, Russia and Hargeisa, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME), Moscow, Russia and Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA), Hargeisa, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,189 miles (or 5,132 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 Moscow Domodedovo 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 Moscow Domodedovo 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 Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME):

• Domodedovo is Russia's first airport to have parallel runways operating simultaneously.
• Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) has 3 runways.
• Domodedovo Airport has been the focus of two terrorist-related incidents.
• The furthest airport from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,726 miles (17,262 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Bykovo Airport (BKA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNE of DME.
• The head office of Transaero is located on the airport property.Russian Sky Airlines has its head office on the airport property.
• The identity of East Line's owners controlling the operations at Domodedovo Airport was vague with traces leading to offshore companies.
• In addition to being known as "Moscow Domodedovo Airport", another name for DME is "Московский аэропорт Домодедово".
• Because of Moscow Domodedovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 588 feet, planes can take off or land at Moscow Domodedovo 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.
• East Line's strategic goal to stabilize the airport's future and to establish Domodedovo as an important international and multi-modal transportation hub was gradually achieved throughout the 2000s.

Facts about Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA):

• The closest airport to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of HGA.
• 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.
• 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 is an international airport in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia.
• The airport was later renamed to Egal International Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.
• 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.
• Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) currently has only 1 runway.