Nonstop flight route between Kingston, Jamaica and Freetown, Sierra Leone:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norman Manley International Airport (KIN), Kingston, Jamaica and Lungi International Airport (FNA), Freetown, Sierra Leone would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,306 miles (or 6,930 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 Norman Manley International Airport and Lungi 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 Norman Manley International Airport and Lungi 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 Norman Manley International Airport (KIN):

• The architect / engineer for the designs are Llewelyn Davies, Jabobs Consultancy & Leading Edge Aviation Planning Professionals Limited, in conjunction with Peter Jervis and Associates Limited and Grace Ashley and Associates.
• The airport features in the first James Bond movie, Dr No.
• Because of Norman Manley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Manley 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.
• The project seeks to increase the airport's capacity to cater for projected air and passenger traffic at an acceptable level of service to the year 2023.
• The closest airport to Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) is Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NNW of KIN.
• Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• Phase 1B is scheduled for the period 2008–12 and will cost approximately $23M.
• Additionally a new multi-level passenger finger that will enable the separation of arriving and departing passengers, as required by security regulations, will be included.
• "The first phase of construction and renovation should be complete by 2007."Construction started in June 2006.
• Norman Manley International Airport handled 1,714,710 passengers last year.

Facts about Lungi International Airport (FNA):

• The terminal building of the airport has a General Waiting Hall, a Departures Wing, and an Arrivals Wing.
• Because of Lungi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Lungi 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.
• Passengers have the choice of ferry, the new Pelican Water Taxi or an ex-Isle of Wight Hovercraft docked in the Aberdeen district of Freetown to cross the bay to Freetown.
• The furthest airport from Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is nearly antipodal to Lungi International Airport (meaning Lungi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ulawa Airport), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands.
• The closest airport to Lungi International Airport (FNA) is Hastings Airport (HGS), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSE of FNA.
• As of May, 2014 the airport had regularly scheduled direct flights to London, Paris, Brussels and most major cities in West Africa.
• Lungi International Airport (FNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lungi International Airport handled 167,911 passengers last year.