Nonstop flight route between Anadyr, Russia and Pretoria, South Africa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ugolny Airport (DYR), Anadyr, Russia and Wonderboom Airport (PRY), Pretoria, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,418 miles (or 15,157 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 Ugolny Airport and Wonderboom 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 Ugolny Airport and Wonderboom Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ugolny Airport (DYR):

• The furthest airport from Ugolny Airport (DYR) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,736 miles (17,278 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Because of Ugolny Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Ugolny 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.
• It was featured in the American novel Flight of the Old Dog.
• Owing to its geographic location, its long, concrete-reinforced, heavy load-bearing runway, as well as its modern terminal with jet bridges, the airport is well-suited and well-situated for emergency diversion at roughly the midpoint of the northern route trans-Pacific routes.
• Ugolny Airport is a mixed-use military and civil airfield in Siberia located 11 km east of Anadyr, separated from the town by the waters of Anadyrsky Liman.
• Anadyr's history as a bomber base dates back to the 1950s and the Russian Air Force's OGA is responsible for maintaining the facility.
• In addition to being known as "Ugolny Airport", another name for DYR is "Аэропорт Угольный".
• Ugolny Airport (DYR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ugolny Airport (DYR) is Markovo Airport (KVM), which is located 216 miles (348 kilometers) W of DYR.

Facts about Wonderboom Airport (PRY):

• Because of Wonderboom Airport's high elevation of 4,095 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PRY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PRY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In 1965, the airport was extensively extended, with a new terminal building and hangars being constructed as well as the runway being extended.
• The closest airport to Wonderboom Airport (PRY) is Grand Central Airport (GCJ), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SSW of PRY.
• The furthest airport from Wonderboom Airport (PRY) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Wonderboom Airport (meaning Wonderboom Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,007 miles (19,323 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• Wonderboom Airport (PRY) has 2 runways.