Nonstop flight route between Kankan, Guinea and Mbarara, Uganda:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kankan Airport (KNN), Kankan, Guinea and Mbarara Airport (MBQ), Mbarara, Uganda would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,840 miles (or 4,571 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 Kankan Airport and Mbarara 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 Kankan Airport and Mbarara Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KNN / GUXN |
Airport Name: | Kankan Airport |
Location: | Kankan, Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°26'54"N by 9°13'38"W |
Area Served: | Kankan |
View all routes: | Routes from KNN |
More Information: | KNN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBQ / HUMA |
Airport Name: | Mbarara Airport |
Location: | Mbarara, Uganda |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°33'18"S by 30°36'0"E |
Area Served: | Mbarara, Uganda |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 4600 feet (1,402 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBQ |
More Information: | MBQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Kankan Airport (KNN):
- The furthest airport from Kankan Airport (KNN) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kankan Airport (meaning Kankan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
- The closest airport to Kankan Airport (KNN) is Siguiri Airport (GII), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) N of KNN.
Facts about Mbarara Airport (MBQ):
- The furthest airport from Mbarara Airport (MBQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,879 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Mbarara Airport (MBQ) is Kasese Airport (KSE), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NNW of MBQ.
- Mbarara Airport (MBQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Mbarara Airport's high elevation of 4,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.