Nonstop flight route between Iringa, Tanzania and Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI), Iringa, Tanzania and Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,945 miles (or 16,005 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 Oakland 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport and Oakland 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 Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI):

• 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.
• Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Iringa / Nduli Airport", another name for IRI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Iringa / Nduli  (Swahili)".
• 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.

Facts about Oakland International Airport (OAK):

• The closest airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of OAK.
• The top five airlines by passenger count between February 2012 – January 2013 were Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Allegiant, Skywest.
• The furthest airport from Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,354 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) has 4 runways.
• Because of Oakland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Oakland 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.
• FedEx Express opened a cargo base in Oakland in 1988, which is now one of the busiest air freight terminals in the United States.
• Carlsbad, California-based California Pacific Airlines announced in May 2010, that OAK has been included as one of its original destinations.
• In 2008 OAK completed its $300 million Terminal Improvement Program, with projects that added a new concourse with five more gates and waiting areas expanded ticketing, security and baggage claim facilities added new utilities and improved terminal access and eased congestion in front of the terminals through a new roadway and curbside system.