Nonstop flight route between Djumu (Djoemoe), Suriname and Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE), Djumu (Djoemoe), Suriname and Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,129 miles (or 9,864 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 Djoemoe Airstrip and Kiryat Shmona 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 Djoemoe Airstrip and Kiryat Shmona Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE):

• The closest airport to Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE) is Cayana Airstrip (AAJ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of DOE.
• The furthest airport from Djoemoe Airstrip (DOE) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Djoemoe Airstrip (meaning Djoemoe Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,292 miles (19,782 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Djoemoe Airstrip", another name for DOE is "SMDJ".
• Because of Djoemoe Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 290 feet, planes can take off or land at Djoemoe Airstrip 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.

Facts about Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW):

• Tamir Airways announced that it would stop flying to Upper Galilee shortly before the Second Lebanon War broke out, but they changed their mind because they saw it as a "mission of national importance".
• The furthest airport from Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,579 miles (18,635 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Its history, based on lack of economic viability and local political differences, has seen various closures and reopenings.
• The closest airport to Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Beirut Air Base (BEY), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) N of KSW.
• Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Runway 21 with Naftali hills in the background
• Now rights to fly a domestic route to and from the airport are held by Tamir Airways, while rights to operate the landing strip are owned by a separate company that is in a dispute with Tamir Airways.
• Because of Kiryat Shmona Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Kiryat Shmona 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.