Nonstop flight route between Simikot, Nepal and Kingman, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Simikot Airport (IMK), Simikot, Nepal and Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,815 miles (or 12,576 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 Simikot Airport and Kingman 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 Simikot Airport and Kingman Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Simikot Airport (IMK):

• The furthest airport from Simikot Airport (IMK) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,728 miles (18,874 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Simikot Airport's high elevation of 9,246 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IMK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IMK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Pilgrims and Trekkers bound for Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash in China's Tibet Autonomous Region fly into Simikot and proceed to the international border at Hilsa on foot or by helicopter.
• The closest airport to Simikot Airport (IMK) is Bajura Airport (BJU), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of IMK.

Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• Kingman Airport is a city owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• The tens of thousands of warbirds that had survived the enemy fighter planes and fierce anti-aircraft fire ended up at Albuquerque, Altus, Kingman, Ontario, Walnut Ridge and Clinton.
• General sales were conducted from these centers.
• The 1120th and the 329th merged with the 328th to become the 328th Flexible Gunnery Training Group.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 897 passenger boardings in calendar year 2010, 878 in 2011, and 924 in 2012.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school - or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.
• Many aircraft were transferred to schools, and to communities for memorial use for a minimal fee.
• With the disposal of the military aircraft completed, Kingman AAF was returned to civilian use in 1949.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".