Nonstop flight route between Kaduna, Nigeria and Maota, Samoa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kaduna Airport (KAD), Kaduna, Nigeria and Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS), Maota, Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,224 miles (or 19,673 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 Kaduna Airport and Maota (Salelologa) 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 Kaduna Airport and Maota (Salelologa) Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between KAD and MXS makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Kaduna Airport and Maota (Salelologa) Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between KAD and MXS are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Kaduna, Nigeria and Maota, Samoa by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between KAD and MXS!

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Facts about Kaduna Airport (KAD):

• Kaduna Airport (KAD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kaduna Airport (KAD) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Kaduna Airport (meaning Kaduna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
• The closest airport to Kaduna Airport (KAD) is Zaria Airport (ZAR), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NE of KAD.

Facts about Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS):

• The closest airport to Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS) is Faleolo International Airport (APW), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) ESE of MXS.
• The furthest airport from Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS) is Maradi Airport (MFQ), which is nearly antipodal to Maota (Salelologa) Airport (meaning Maota (Salelologa) Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maradi Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Maradi, Niger.