Nonstop flight route between Jomsom, Nepal and Johannesburg, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jomsom Airport (JMO), Jomsom, Nepal and Rand Airport (QRA), Johannesburg, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,293 miles (or 8,519 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 Rand 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 Rand 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: | QRA / FAGM | 
| Airport Name: | Rand Airport | 
| Location: | Johannesburg, South Africa | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°14'32"S by 28°9'3"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Rand Airport Management Company (Pty) Ltd. | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5482 feet (1,671 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from QRA | 
| More Information: | QRA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Jomsom Airport (JMO):
- On 14 May 2012, an Agni Air Dornier 228 crashed while attempting to land at Jomsom airport, killing 15 of 21 people on board.
- On 16 May 2013, a full year and two days later, Nepal Airlines Flight 555 carrying 21 people crashed on the bank of the Kaligandaki River.
- The closest airport to Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Pokhara Airport (PKR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of JMO.
- 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 (JMO) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 8,800 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Rand Airport (QRA):
- The furthest airport from Rand Airport (QRA) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,977 miles (19,275 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- The recently upgraded fire station.
- Rand Airport (QRA) has 2 runways.
- Rand Airport is notorious for its hot and high conditions and relatively short runways.
- The foyer in the terminal building.
- SAA moved its headquarters to Palmietfontein Airport in 1948 because of runway length constraints.
- Because of Rand Airport's high elevation of 5,482 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at QRA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make QRA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- de Havilland DH 104 Dove and Lockheed L18-08 Lodestar on view at the South African Airways Museum Society at Rand Airport.
- The closest airport to Rand Airport (QRA) is O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NE of QRA.




