Nonstop flight route between Foya, Liberia and Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Foya Airport (FOY), Foya, Liberia and O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,513 miles (or 5,654 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 Foya Airport and O. R. Tambo 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 Foya Airport and O. R. Tambo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FOY / |
| Airport Name: | Foya Airport |
| Location: | Foya, Liberia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°21'7"N by 10°13'35"W |
| Area Served: | Foya |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1470 feet (448 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FOY |
| More Information: | FOY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JNB / FAOR |
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| Location: | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°8'21"S by 28°14'45"E |
| Area Served: | Johannesburg, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa |
| Operator/Owner: | Airports Company South Africa |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5558 feet (1,694 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JNB |
| More Information: | JNB Maps & Info |
Facts about Foya Airport (FOY):
- Foya Airport (FOY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Foya Airport (FOY) is Voinjama Airport (VOI), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) E of FOY.
- The furthest airport from Foya Airport (FOY) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Foya Airport (meaning Foya Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,044 miles (19,383 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
Facts about O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB):
- The closest airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of JNB.
- The Central Terminal Building will boost capacity at the landside of the terminal in 3 levels, also allowing direct access from international and domestic terminals.
- O. R. Tambo International Airport handled 18,794,897 passengers last year.
- On 26 November 2006, the airport became the first in Africa to host the Airbus A380.
- The furthest airport from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,979 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- In addition to being known as "O. R. Tambo International Airport", another name for JNB is "Johannesburg International Airport".
- Because of O. R. Tambo International Airport's high elevation of 5,558 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) has 2 runways.
- Critics noted the considerable expense involved in renaming the airport, and the decision to use a politician as the name would be obscure, confusing and in some instances, offensive.
- On 10 January 2013 the airport's ICAO code was changed from FAJS to FAOR.
