Nonstop flight route between Kisumu, Kenya and Mangere, New Zealand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kisumu International Airport (KIS), Kisumu, Kenya and Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,822 miles (or 14,198 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 Kisumu International Airport and Auckland 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 Kisumu International Airport and Auckland Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kisumu International Airport (KIS):

• The closest airport to Kisumu International Airport (KIS) is Kericho Airport (KEY), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) ESE of KIS.
• The furthest airport from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,631 miles (18,719 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Kisumu International Airport", another name for KIS is "KIS Main Terminal".
• Kisumu International Airport (KIS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):

• Gates 50–59 are used by 3rd level operators Air Chathams, Great Barrier Airlines, Flight Hauraki, Fly My Sky and Sunair.
• The closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
• Jetstar domestic services operate from gates 20, 21, and 22.
• The furthest airport from Auckland Airport (AKL) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Auckland Airport (meaning Auckland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
• Because of Auckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Auckland 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.
• Auckland Airport decided that rather than building a new sub-top level to stream arriving passengers, they would build a new departures floor for passengers to "drop down" into the existing gate lounges on the first floor, which would be closed off from a central arrivals corridor by glass.
• Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand with 14,829,393 passengers in the year ended November 2013.
• AIAL appears on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and Australian Stock Exchange.
• Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
• Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
• Construction for Stage One started in November 2007.