Nonstop flight route between Karasburg, Namibia and Dabolim, Goa, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Karasburg Airport (KAS), Karasburg, Namibia and Goa International Airport (GOI), Dabolim, Goa, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,751 miles (or 7,646 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 Karasburg Airport and Goa 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 Karasburg Airport and Goa 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 Karasburg Airport (KAS):

• The closest airport to Karasburg Airport (KAS) is Aggeneys Airport (AGZ), which is located 86 miles (139 kilometers) S of KAS.
• The furthest airport from Karasburg Airport (KAS) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is nearly antipodal to Karasburg Airport (meaning Karasburg Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Princeville Airport), and is located 12,019 miles (19,342 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
• Karasburg Airport (KAS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Goa International Airport (GOI):

• The furthest airport from Goa International Airport (GOI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,596 miles (18,662 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Goa International Airport", another name for GOI is "Dabolim AirportAeroporto de Dabolim".
• Goa International Airport (GOI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Meanwhile, the Navy's title to Dabolim Airport land has been questioned by a member of parliament of Goa in relation to the plan to relocate the civil enclave to the Mopa civilian airport on the grounds that it is the state government of Goa which authorises land transfers in its jurisdiction.
• Because of Goa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Goa 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.
• Dabolim's air traffic control is in the hands of the Indian Navy, which earns revenues from this service on account of aircraft movements.
• The airport is spread over 688 hectares and consists of a civil enclave of nearly 14 hectares, an increase from its original size of 6 hectares.
• There has been a demand in local political circles for the restoration of Dabolim's civilian status by relocating the Indian Navy' air station to the proposed Karwar airfield in the new INS Kadamba naval base at Karwar, 70 kilometres south of Dabolim in the adjoining state of Karnataka.
• The closest airport to Goa International Airport (GOI) is Belgaum Airport (IXG), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) ENE of GOI.
• The integrated building design features aesthetic glass, large steel span structures and frameless glazing.
• Capital expenditures at the airport are covered by AAI.
• The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry announced a plan to upgrade Dabolim Airport in 2006.
• In early 2007, there were reports of a concerted move by the Navy, the AAI, and the state of Karnataka to extend the runway planned at the naval base at Karwar to 2,500 metres to accommodate Airbus A320s and to acquire 75 extra hectares for this purpose.