Nonstop flight route between Jacmel, Haiti and Kéniéba, Mali:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti and Kéniéba Airport (KNZ), Kéniéba, Mali would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,078 miles (or 6,563 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 Jacmel Airport and Kéniéba 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 Jacmel Airport and Kéniéba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAK / MTJA |
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| Location: | Jacmel, Haiti |
| GPS Coordinates: | 18°14'27"N by 72°31'6"W |
| Area Served: | Jacmel, Haiti |
| Operator/Owner: | Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 167 feet (51 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JAK |
| More Information: | JAK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KNZ / GAKA |
| Airport Name: | Kéniéba Airport |
| Location: | Kéniéba, Mali |
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°50'21"N by 11°15'10"W |
| Area Served: | Kéniéba, Mali |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 449 feet (137 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from KNZ |
| More Information: | KNZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Jacmel Airport (JAK):
- Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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.
- The airport also hosted the local UN MINUSTAH base.
- The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
- Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".
- After tree and terrain clearings to allow greater runway overshoot areas, Jacmel Airport started accepting heavy-lift C-17 Globemasters from 20 February to facilitate disaster recovery efforts.
- Some degradation of the runway was discovered on 29 January 2010, as a result of the heavy use of the airstrip.
Facts about Kéniéba Airport (KNZ):
- Because of Kéniéba Airport's relatively low elevation of 449 feet, planes can take off or land at Kéniéba 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.
- The furthest airport from Kéniéba Airport (KNZ) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kéniéba Airport (meaning Kéniéba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
- The closest airport to Kéniéba Airport (KNZ) is Kédougou Airport (KGG), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) WSW of KNZ.
