Nonstop flight route between Kéniéba, Mali and Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kéniéba Airport (KNZ), Kéniéba, Mali and Bankstown Airport (BWU), Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,602 miles (or 17,062 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 Kéniéba Airport and Bankstown 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 Kéniéba Airport and Bankstown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kéniéba Airport (KNZ):

• Because of Kéniéba Airport's relatively low elevation of 449 feet, planes can take off or land at Kéniéba 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 Kéniéba Airport (KNZ) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kéniéba Airport (meaning Kéniéba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Kéniéba Airport (KNZ) is Kédougou Airport (KGG), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) WSW of KNZ.

Facts about Bankstown Airport (BWU):

• Bankstown Airport is owned by the Federal Government and leased by Bankstown Airport Limited, a subsidiary of BAC Airports Pty Limited, whose ultimate shareholders include JF Infrastructure, Colonial First State and Australian Super.
• Because of Bankstown Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Bankstown 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 closest airport to Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of BWU.
• In addition to being known as "Bankstown Airport", another name for BWU is "Sydney/Bankstown Airport".
• Bankstown Airport was originally planned in 1929.
• Runway 11C has a straight-in RNAV approach procedure.
• Bankstown Airport (BWU) has 3 runways.
• During the war, several "dummy houses" were built to make Bankstown Airport and its surrounds appear as a farm, hangars were disguised as houses with fake roads to further confuse the enemy.
• The furthest airport from Bankstown Airport (BWU) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Bankstown Airport (meaning Bankstown Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,529 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.