Nonstop flight route between Medan, Indonesia and Angoulême, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kualanamu International Airport (KNO), Medan, Indonesia and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG), Angoulême, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,454 miles (or 10,386 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 Kualanamu International Airport and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers 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 Kualanamu International Airport and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kualanamu International Airport (KNO):

• Spread on 1,365 ha land area, 20 km North East of Polonia airport, 3 km from the sea, and on a site of area 6,5 x 2,1 km.
• The train runs trip from Medan Main Station beside the Merdeka Square at Balai Kota Street at 04:00 a.m.
• The closest airport to Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) is Polonia International Airport (MES), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) WSW of KNO.
• Airside facilities would be controlled by the Indonesian government, while landside facilities would be owned by a joint venture with PT Angkasa Pura II, which is expected to provide $350 million as an initial investment in return for a 30-year lease, after which ownership would revert to PT Angkasa Pura II.
• The airport is Indonesia's second largest, after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with a 224,298 m² passengers terminal and will eventually have a capacity of 50 million passengers, a figure if realised today would place the airport in the top 10 busiest by passenger numbers in the world, although by the time this figure is achieved it is likely that there will be many airports carrying more passengers.
• Taxi costs about twice that of train tickets.
• Because of Kualanamu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Kualanamu 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.
• A soft opening started on July 25, 2013.
• Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport opened on July 25, 2013, handling all flights and services shifted from Polonia International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Kualanamu International Airport", other names for KNO include "Kualanamu International Airport (Medan)" and "Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu".
• The furthest airport from Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) is Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP), which is nearly antipodal to Kualanamu International Airport (meaning Kualanamu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Tumbes, Peru.

Facts about Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG):

• Because of Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at Angoulême - Brie - Champniers 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 furthest airport from Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (meaning Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,677 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) is Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base (CNG), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) W of ANG.
• In addition to being known as "Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport", another name for ANG is "Aéroport d'Angoulême - Brie - Champniers".