Nonstop flight route between Kassala, Sudan and Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kassala Airport (KSL), Kassala, Sudan and Southampton Airport (SOU), Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,222 miles (or 5,185 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 Kassala Airport and Southampton 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 Kassala Airport and Southampton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kassala Airport (KSL):

• The closest airport to Kassala Airport (KSL) is Khashm El Girba Airport (GBU), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SW of KSL.
• The furthest airport from Kassala Airport (KSL) is Makemo Airport (MKP), which is nearly antipodal to Kassala Airport (meaning Kassala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Makemo Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Makemo, French Polynesia.
• Kassala Airport (KSL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Southampton Airport (SOU):

• The furthest airport from Southampton Airport (SOU) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,918 miles (19,179 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In 1936 Supermarine opened a test flight facility on the site, followed shortly thereafter by the opening of the Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft factory on the southern end of the runway.
• On 5 March 2006 five restored Spitfires took off from Southampton Airport to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first test flight of the Spitfire.
• The site's connection with aviation can be traced back to 1910 when pioneer pilot Edwin Rowland Moon used the meadows belonging to North Stoneham Farm as a take-off and landing spot for his monoplane, Moonbeam Mk II.
• Because of Southampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Southampton 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.
• Southampton Airport (SOU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Southampton Airport (SOU) is Lasham Airfield (QLA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NE of SOU.
• During the 1950s a mainstay of business for the airport was the Cross channel car ferry service operated by Silver City Airways using Bristol Freighters and Superfreighters.
• Southampton Airport handled 1,722,758 passengers last year.