Nonstop flight route between Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and Kampala, Uganda:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and Kampala Airport (KLA), Kampala, Uganda would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,715 miles (or 9,197 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 Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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 Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) and Kampala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS):

• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) handled 12,780,563 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of DPS.
• In October 2010 the Jakarta Post reported that Ardita, deputy director of Ngurah Rai airport's Extension and Renovation Project had made an announcement that the new terminal will be able to handle 17 million passengers a year by 2020 and 25 million passengers per year by 2035.
• The Domestic Terminal has 28 check in counters with electronic scales and a luggage conveyor system provided.
• Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)'s relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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.
• In 1949 a Terminal building and other aviation facilities were constructed and a simple wooden flight control tower was erected.
• The master plan was originally proposed prior to the tourism downturn in Bali following the two bombing incidents.
• In addition to being known as "Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)", other names for DPS include "Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai (NRIA)" and "WADD formerly WRRR".
• The furthest airport from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (meaning Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.

Facts about Kampala Airport (KLA):

• Possibly the last use of the airstrip by fixed-wing aircraft was in the mid-1970s by members of the Safari Rally Committee who obtained special consent to operate from the site with a Cessna 310.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kampala Airport", another name for KLA is "Kololo".
• Aviation use seems to have been low-key, with little justification for what was quite a major construction - the £18,500 contract having been awarded to Gailey & Roberts Ltd.