Nonstop flight route between Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and Kampala, Uganda:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and Kampala Airport (KLA), Kampala, Uganda would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,353 miles (or 7,005 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 Dundee Airport and Kampala 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 Dundee Airport and Kampala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DND / EGPN |
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Location: | Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°27'9"N by 3°1'32"W |
Area Served: | Dundee |
Operator/Owner: | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DND |
More Information: | DND Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KLA / HUKC |
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Location: | Kampala, Uganda |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°19'33"N by 32°35'33"E |
Area Served: | Kampala, Uganda |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda |
Airport Type: | Civilian and Military |
Elevation: | 3930 feet (1,198 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from KLA |
More Information: | KLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):
- The closest airport to Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
- Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".
- Tayside Aviation operates a training facility and engineering workshop at the airport.
- Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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.
- The airport lies on the main A85 Riverside Drive, which links the city centre to the Kingsway and the A90, with the airport barely a couple of kilometers from the city centre itself.
- Dundee Airport is the closest commercial airport to Gleneagles Hotel, the host course of the 2014 Ryder Cup.
- The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- After the departure of Business Air, the airport was left without any scheduled services for almost a year until April 1999, when ScotAirways introduced flights to London City Airport.
- However, on the 22nd of January 2014, HIAL announced that Loganair would take over from City Jet and commence twice-daily flights to Stansted once the London City route was withdrawn in March of the same year.
Facts about Kampala Airport (KLA):
- Kololo Airstrip was constructed during 1936 at the instigation of Philip Euen Mitchell, Governor of Uganda 1935 – 1940.
- The closest airport to Kampala Airport (KLA) is Entebbe International Airport (EBB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSW of KLA.
- Aviation use during WW2 is unknown – the airstrip however had fallen out of use by 1946 and remained unused thereafter.
- In addition to being known as "Kampala Airport", another name for KLA is "Kololo".
- A 1939 survey by Imperial Airways notes that prior notice of intended arrival should be sent to P.W.D.
- Kampala Airport was located on Kololo Hill, in the centre of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
- The furthest airport from Kampala Airport (KLA) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The airstrip was used for the Independence Ceremony in October 1962 and for an open air Mass by Pope Paul VI in 1969.