Nonstop flight route between False Pass, Alaska, United States and Nanyuki, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between False Pass Airport (KFP), False Pass, Alaska, United States and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,478 miles (or 13,644 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 False Pass Airport and Nanyuki Airfield, 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 False Pass Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about False Pass Airport (KFP):

• False Pass Airport covers an area of 20 acres at an elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level.
• False Pass Airport (KFP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of False Pass Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at False Pass 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 closest airport to False Pass Airport (KFP) is Cold Bay Airport (CDB), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NE of KFP.
• The furthest airport from False Pass Airport (KFP) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,991 miles (17,688 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 505 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 482 enplanements in 2009, and 321 in 2010.

Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):

• Offices and facilities have been built.
• The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
• The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
• Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
• At 1,905 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 1,200 metres in length.