Nonstop flight route between Hargeisa, Somalia and Akulivik, Quebec, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA), Hargeisa, Somalia and Akulivik Airport (AKV), Akulivik, Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,663 miles (or 10,723 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 Hargeisa Egal International Airport and Akulivik 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 Hargeisa Egal International Airport and Akulivik Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGA / HCMH | 
| Airport Name: | Hargeisa Egal International Airport | 
| Location: | Hargeisa, Somalia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°31'5"N by 44°5'20"E | 
| Area Served: | Hargeisa, Somalia | 
| Operator/Owner: | Somaliland Civil Aviation & Air Transport Ministry | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4423 feet (1,348 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HGA | 
| More Information: | HGA Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKV / CYKO | 
| Airport Name: | Akulivik Airport | 
| Location: | Akulivik, Quebec, Canada | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 60°49'6"N by 78°8'54"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Kativik Regional Government Administration régionale Kativik | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 76 feet (23 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from AKV | 
| More Information: | AKV Maps & Info | 
Facts about Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA):
- Because of Hargeisa Egal International Airport's high elevation of 4,423 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airport was later renamed to Egal International Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.
- The closest airport to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of HGA.
- The furthest airport from Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (meaning Hargeisa Egal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- In June 2014, the Somaliland regional government and the United States Agency for International Development inaugurated a new wind energy project at the airport.
- Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Akulivik Airport (AKV):
- The closest airport to Akulivik Airport (AKV) is Puvirnituq Airport (YPX), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) SSE of AKV.
- The furthest airport from Akulivik Airport (AKV) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,514 miles (16,921 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Akulivik Airport (AKV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Akulivik Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Akulivik 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.




