Nonstop flight route between Kampala, Uganda and Monterey, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kampala Airport (KLA), Kampala, Uganda and Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), Monterey, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,406 miles (or 15,137 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 Kampala Airport and Monterey Regional 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 Kampala Airport and Monterey Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Kampala Airport (KLA):

• Aviation use seems to have been low-key, with little justification for what was quite a major construction - the £18,500 contract having been awarded to Gailey & Roberts Ltd.
• The airstrip was used for the Independence Ceremony in October 1962 and for an open air Mass by Pope Paul VI in 1969.
• Aviation use during WW2 is unknown – the airstrip however had fallen out of use by 1946 and remained unused thereafter.
• Kampala Airport was located on Kololo Hill, in the centre of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
• In addition to being known as "Kampala Airport", another name for KLA is "Kololo".
• The closest airport to Kampala Airport (KLA) is Entebbe International Airport (EBB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSW of KLA.
• The furthest airport from Kampala Airport (KLA) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Monterey Regional Airport (MRY):

• The airport is owned by the several municipalities that make up the Monterey Peninsula Airport District.
• The furthest airport from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,400 miles (18,346 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) is Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MRY.
• Because of Monterey Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 257 feet, planes can take off or land at Monterey Regional 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.
• Allegiant Air is the only airline at Monterey using large "mainline" jets such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 which flies nonstop to Las Vegas.
• On July 27, 1985 a Piper PA-28-235 took off from Monterey to practice holding patterns over Monterey Bay.