Nonstop flight route between Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kansas City, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kikwit Airport (KKW), Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Kansas City, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,689 miles (or 12,374 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 Kikwit Airport and Kansas City 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 Kikwit Airport and Kansas City 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 Kikwit Airport (KKW):

• The furthest airport from Kikwit Airport (KKW) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Kikwit Airport (meaning Kikwit Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,097 miles (19,468 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Kikwit Airport (KKW) is Idiofa Airport (IDF), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) E of KKW.
• In addition to being known as "Kikwit Airport", another name for KKW is "Kikwit Airport".
• Kikwit Airport (KKW) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Kansas City International Airport (MCI):

• The closest airport to Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of MCI.
• The airport has always been a civilian airport and has never had an Air National Guard unit assigned to it.
• Kansas City International Airport handled 10,148,524 passengers last year.
• Kansas City International Airport (MCI) has 3 runways.
• In 2009 the airport was reported as having the highest number of wildlife strikes of any airport in the US, based on take-offs and landings.
• The site just north of the then unincorporated hamlet of Hampton, Missouri was picked in May 1953 under the guidance of City Manager L.P.
• The furthest airport from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,750 miles (17,301 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Along with the cramped site, there were doubts that the downtown site could handle the new Boeing 747.
• Kansas City was planning to build an airport with room for 10,000-foot runways and knew the downtown airport wouldn't do.
• Although Mid-Continent merged with Braniff in 1952, Kansas City decided to name the new airport on the basis of Mid-Continent's historic roots.
• The terminals turned out to be unfriendly to the 747, since passengers spilled out of the gate area into the halls.
• One major problem remains after the renovation.
• MCI passenger terminals have a unique structure comprising three terminals in the shape of rings.