Nonstop flight route between Jinja, Uganda and Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinja Airport (JIN), Jinja, Uganda and Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,744 miles (or 10,853 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 Jinja Airport and Darwin 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 Jinja Airport and Darwin 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 Jinja Airport (JIN):

• The furthest airport from Jinja Airport (JIN) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,689 miles (18,812 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Jinja Airport (JIN) is Kampala Airport (KLA), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) WSW of JIN.

Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):

• In 1919, when the England to Australia air race was announced, Parap Airfield was established in the suburb of Parap to act as the Australian Terminal.
• Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
• Until they were withdrawn from service, Concorde made sporadic visits to Darwin as well, having one of the few runways long enough in Australia to handle them.
• In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
• Australian low-cost carrier, Jetstar Airways, had expressed a keen interest in developing Darwin Airport as a hub for its trips to Asia.
• In 2011 the airport served 26,036 flights and 1,743,734 passengers.
• In 2008 the Australian Infrastructure Fund, which holds 28.2% of Northern Territory Airports, announced that the airport would undergo a $60 million expansion to cater for growing passenger numbers.
• The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
• Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974 and flattened the city.
• Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
• Because of Darwin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Darwin 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.
• The furthest airport from Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.