Nonstop flight route between Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Nyala Airport (UYL), Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,453 miles (or 11,995 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 Darwin International Airport and Nyala 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 Darwin International Airport and Nyala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DRW / YPDN | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°24'52"S by 130°52'36"E | 
| Area Served: | Darwin, Northern Territory | 
| Operator/Owner: | Darwin International Airport Pty Ltd (DIA) / RAAF Darwin | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public | 
| Elevation: | 103 feet (31 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DRW | 
| More Information: | DRW Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UYL / HSNN | 
| Airport Name: | Nyala Airport | 
| Location: | Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°3'12"N by 24°57'21"E | 
| Area Served: | Nyala | 
| Elevation: | 2106 feet (642 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from UYL | 
| More Information: | UYL Maps & Info | 
Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):
- In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
- Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
- In 2011 the airport served 26,036 flights and 1,743,734 passengers.
- In 2008 the Australian Infrastructure Fund, which holds 28.2% of Northern Territory Airports, announced that the airport would undergo a $60 million expansion to cater for growing passenger numbers.
- Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
- Commercial passenger aircraft most commonly seen at Darwin International Airport include Airbus A319, A320 and A330, Boeing 717, 737 and 767, Beechcraft 1900, Fokker 100, de Havilland Canada Dash 7, Bombardier Dash 8, Embraer E170, Embraer E190 and Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia.
- The new passenger terminal, with four aerobridges, was opened in December 1991.
- The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
- Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974 and flattened the city.
- Because of Darwin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Darwin 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.
Facts about Nyala Airport (UYL):
- The closest airport to Nyala Airport (UYL) is Ed Daein Airport (ADV), which is located 91 miles (146 kilometers) ESE of UYL.
- The furthest airport from Nyala Airport (UYL) is Maupiti Airport (MAU), which is nearly antipodal to Nyala Airport (meaning Nyala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maupiti Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,443 kilometers) away in Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia.
- Nyala Airport (UYL) currently has only 1 runway.




