Nonstop flight route between Kerio Valley, Kenya and Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kimwarer Airport (KRV), Kerio Valley, Kenya and Finschhafen Airport (FIN), Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,743 miles (or 12,462 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 Kimwarer Airport and Finschhafen 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 Kimwarer Airport and Finschhafen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KRV / |
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Location: | Kerio Valley, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°19'12"N by 35°39'53"E |
Area Served: | Kimwarer, Kenya |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 4701 feet (1,433 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KRV |
More Information: | KRV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FIN / AYFI |
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Location: | Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°37'20"S by 147°51'14"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FIN |
More Information: | FIN Maps & Info |
Facts about Kimwarer Airport (KRV):
- The furthest airport from Kimwarer Airport (KRV) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,688 miles (18,811 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Kimwarer Airport", other names for KRV include "Nakuru Airport" and "Kimwarer".
- Kimwarer Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Kimwarer and surrounding communities.
- Because of Kimwarer Airport's high elevation of 4,701 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KRV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KRV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Kimwarer Airport (KRV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kimwarer Airport (KRV) is Eldoret International Airport (EDL), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of KRV.
Facts about Finschhafen Airport (FIN):
- Because of Finschhafen Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Finschhafen 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.
- At the war's end, millions of dollars of equipment both new and used was bulldozed into a huge holes in the area and abandoned.
- The furthest airport from Finschhafen Airport (FIN) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,713 miles (18,850 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Finschhafen Airport (FIN) is Lae Nadzab Airport (LAE), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) W of FIN.
- In addition to being known as "Finschhafen Airport", another name for FIN is "Finschhafen Airport".
- Finschhafen Airport (FIN) currently has only 1 runway.