Nonstop flight route between Iki, Iki Island, Japan and Mogadishu, Somalia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iki Airport (IKI), Iki, Iki Island, Japan and Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,824 miles (or 9,373 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 Iki 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 Iki 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 Iki Airport (IKI):

• In addition to being known as "Iki Airport", other names for IKI include "壱岐空港" and "Iki Kūkō".
• Iki Airport (IKI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Iki Airport (IKI) is Fukuoka Airport (FUK), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) ESE of IKI.
• The furthest airport from Iki Airport (IKI) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Iki Airport (meaning Iki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,275 miles (19,755 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Because of Iki Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Iki 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.

Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):

• In the 1980s, the Somali federal government recruited the U.S.
• Additionally, the IOM has helped firm up on airport security by training 84 civil aviation, immigration, finance and customs department officers on proper border management and immigration protocol.
• In September 2013, the Turkish company Favori LLC began operations at the airport.
• The Somali Air Corps also used the airport at this time, and had an airlift wing stationed in the capital.
• Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
• With the collapse of the Siad Barre regime and the ensuing civil war, the airport's ongoing renovations came to a halt.