Nonstop flight route between Jomsom, Nepal and Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jomsom Airport (JMO), Jomsom, Nepal and Kirakira Airport (IRA), Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,864 miles (or 9,438 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 Jomsom Airport and Kirakira 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 Jomsom Airport and Kirakira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JMO / VNJS | 
| Airport Name: | Jomsom Airport | 
| Location: | Jomsom, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°46'55"N by 83°43'20"E | 
| Area Served: | Jomsom, Nepal | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 8800 feet (2,682 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from JMO | 
| More Information: | JMO Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRA / AGGK | 
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| Location: | Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°26'57"S by 161°53'53"E | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from IRA | 
| More Information: | IRA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Jomsom Airport (JMO):
- Because of Jomsom Airport's high elevation of 8,800 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JMO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JMO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - List of airports in Nepal
 - The closest airport to Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Pokhara Airport (PKR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of JMO.
 - Jomsom Airport (JMO) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The furthest airport from Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,627 miles (18,712 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
 - Jomsom Airport is an airport serving Jomsom, a town in the Mustang District of the Dhawalagiri Zone in Nepal.
 
Facts about Kirakira Airport (IRA):
- The closest airport to Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) N of IRA.
 - In addition to being known as "Kirakira Airport", another name for IRA is "Ngorangora Airstrip".
 - The furthest airport from Kirakira Airport (IRA) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Kirakira Airport (meaning Kirakira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.
 
