Nonstop flight route between Newton, Kansas, United States and Mogadishu, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Newton City-County Airport (EWK), Newton, Kansas, United States and Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,782 miles (or 14,133 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 Newton City-County Airport and Aden Adde 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 Newton City-County Airport and Aden Adde 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 Newton City-County Airport (EWK):

• Newton City-County Airport (EWK) has 2 runways.
• The airport covers 635 acres at an elevation of 1,533 feet.
• The Hesston College aviation program operates out of Hangar K.
• The closest airport to Newton City-County Airport (EWK) is Beech Factory Airport (BEC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of EWK.
• The furthest airport from Newton City-County Airport (EWK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,721 miles (17,253 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):

• In late 2010, SKA Air and Logistics, a Dubai-based aviation firm that specializes in conflict zones, was contracted by the Transitional Federal Government to manage operations over a period of ten years at the re-opened Aden Adde International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• In January 2013, a new immigration building was opened at the Aden Adde International Airport.
• The Mogadishu airport was established in 1928, the first such facility to be opened in the Horn of Africa.
• Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
• The Somali Air Corps also used the airport at this time, and had an airlift wing stationed in the capital.
• The following year, due to security risks brought on by the resumption of fighting in the wake of the Ethiopian intervention, most civilian aircraft opted to land and depart from K50 Airport, situated about 50 km from Mogadishu in Lower Shabelle.
• As of January 2013, the airport accommodates over 40 flights per day, up from just 3 to 4 daily flights in 2011.
• On 8 June 2007, the Transitional Federal Government announced that the airport would be renamed in honor of the first President of Somalia, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, who had died earlier in the day.