Nonstop flight route between Iringa, Tanzania and San Diego, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI), Iringa, Tanzania and MCAS Miramar, (NKX), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,979 miles (or 16,060 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport and MCAS Miramar,, 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport and MCAS Miramar,. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRI / HTIR | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Iringa, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°40'9"S by 35°45'6"E | 
| Area Served: | Iringa | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4678 feet (1,426 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from IRI | 
| More Information: | IRI Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NKX / KNKX | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | San Diego, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°52'4"N by 117°8'30"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps | 
| Airport Type: | Military | 
| Elevation: | 478 feet (146 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from NKX | 
| More Information: | NKX Maps & Info | 
Facts about Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI):
- Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Msalato International Airport– Proposed airport – (DOD), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) N of IRI.
- The furthest airport from Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,453 miles (18,432 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Because of Iringa / Nduli Airport's high elevation of 4,678 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IRI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IRI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Iringa / Nduli Airport", another name for IRI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Iringa / Nduli (Swahili)".
Facts about MCAS Miramar, (NKX):
- The closest airport to MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) S of NKX.
- During World War I, the U.S.
- MCAS Miramar, (NKX) has 3 runways.
- Because of MCAS Miramar,'s relatively low elevation of 478 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS Miramar, 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.
- In addition to being known as "MCAS Miramar,", another name for NKX is "Mitscher Field".
- The furthest airport from MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Marine Corps Air Station Tustin be closed down and that NAS Miramar be transferred to the Marine Corps.
- In 2006, the San Diego County Proposition A proposed obtaining 3000 acres at MCAS Miramar to develop a commercial airport.
- The base contains 23,116 acres.
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