Nonstop flight route between Kumasi, Ghana and Flanders, Belgium:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kumasi Airport (KMS), Kumasi, Ghana and Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST), Flanders, Belgium would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,084 miles (or 4,964 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 Kumasi Airport and Ostend-Bruges 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 Kumasi Airport and Ostend-Bruges International 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 Kumasi Airport (KMS):

• The furthest airport from Kumasi Airport (KMS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Kumasi Airport (meaning Kumasi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,796 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• The airport was closed for a week in September - October 2012 to allow resurfacing of the tarmac.
• Because of Kumasi Airport's relatively low elevation of 942 feet, planes can take off or land at Kumasi 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.
• Currently, upgrading work on the existing runway and some related works are in progress.
• Kumasi Airport is an airport serving Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region in Ghana.
• The closest airport to Kumasi Airport (KMS) is Sunyani Airport (NYI), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) NW of KMS.
• Kumasi Airport (KMS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Airport is currently undergoing rehabilitation to become an International Airport.

Facts about Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST):

• Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ostend-Bruges International Airport handled 678,638 passengers last year.
• On 1 May 2003, Ryanair started a new route between Ostend and London-Stansted.
• During the Second World War, the German occupiers moved the airfield of Ostend-Stene to a site in the territory of the municipality of Middelkerke, five kilometres southwest of Ostend.
• Because of Ostend-Bruges International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Ostend-Bruges 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 operations department of the airline Meridian Airways is Suites 150-154 of the Freight Building.
• The furthest airport from Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,925 miles (19,192 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1992, the ownership of the regional Flemish airport was transferred from the Belgian State to the Flemish Region.
• The closest airport to Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) is Dunkerque – Les Moëres Airfield (XDK), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of OST.