Nonstop flight route between East London, South Africa and Kalamata, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East London Airport (ELS), East London, South Africa and Kalamata International Airport (KLX), Kalamata, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,858 miles (or 7,818 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 East London Airport and Kalamata International 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 East London Airport and Kalamata International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about East London Airport (ELS):

• The closest airport to East London Airport (ELS) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WSW of ELS.
• Because of East London Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at East London 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 furthest airport from East London Airport (ELS) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is located 11,569 miles (18,618 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
• Passenger flights were undertaken by two de Havilland Moth planes on Saturday afternoons and all day on Sundays, weather permitting.
• In 1965 the airport was again moved, this time to its present site, 9 km west of the city centre.
• East London Airport (ELS) has 2 runways.
• East London Airport is an airport serving East London, a city in the Eastern Cape province on the southeast coast of South Africa.

Facts about Kalamata International Airport (KLX):

• Kalamata International Airport "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece.
• It is featured in the opening scene of the 2013 film Before Midnight.
• Because of Kalamata International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalamata 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.
• There is a military base of the Hellenic Air Force and an air-training department to the west of the runway.
• The furthest airport from Kalamata International Airport (KLX) is Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), which is located 11,388 miles (18,328 kilometers) away in Mangaia Island, Cook Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Kalamata International Airport", another name for KLX is "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας".
• On November 2001, fourteen plane spotters were arrested by the police after being observed taking photos of the air base.
• The closest airport to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) is Sparti Airport (SPJ), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) ESE of KLX.
• The airport is located between Kalamata and Messini on GR-82 and west of the train tracks on the Pamisos River plain.
• Kalamata International Airport (KLX) has 2 runways.
• Kalamata International Airport handled 75,800 passengers last year.