Nonstop flight route between Galcaio, Somalia and Belgrade, Serbia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (GLK), Galcaio, Somalia and Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), Belgrade, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,093 miles (or 4,978 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 Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (GLK):

• On 25 March 2012, the facility was officially renamed in memory of the late Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former President of Somalia, who was born in Galkayo.
• The furthest airport from Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (GLK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,949 miles (19,230 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport's relatively low elevation of 975 feet, planes can take off or land at Abdullahi Yusuf 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.
• The closest airport to Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (GLK) is Obbia Airport (CMO), which is located 123 miles (198 kilometers) SE of GLK.
• Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (GLK) has 2 runways.

Facts about Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG):

• The furthest airport from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Terminal 1 was the original and the only terminal when the airport was opened.
• The airport stagnated during the 1990s after the outbreak of the Yugoslav civil wars and the United Nations sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• In addition to being known as "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport", other names for BEG include "Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла" and "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla".
• With a change in government and international sentiment, normal air traffic resumed in 2001.
• ^1 Qatar Airways' flights between Doha and Belgrade are operated with a technical stop in Ankara, Turkey.
• Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is the primary international airport serving Belgrade, Serbia.
• The airport was rebuilt by October 1944 and until the end of the war was used by the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia as part of the Allied war effort.
• The closest airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Batajnica Airbase (BJY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of BEG.
• During that period a 3,000 m long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen planes.
• Because of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.
• From 1 January 2010, Terminal 1 is fully operational and used mostly by low cost and charter airlines.
• Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) currently has only 1 runway.