Nonstop flight route between Kavala, Greece and Axum, Ethiopia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA), Kavala, Greece and Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), Axum, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,037 miles (or 3,278 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 relatively short distance between Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" and Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA):

• The airport was initially used only for domestic flights, as the original name implies.
• Because of Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great"'s relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" 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 airport was originally located closer to Kavala, in the installations of the Greek Air Force, near the village of Amygdaleonas, where it began its operations in 1952 as Kavala National Airport.
• The furthest airport from Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,345 miles (18,259 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• A bust of Alexander the Great
• In addition to being known as "Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great"", other names for KVA include "Kavala International Airport, "Megas Alexandros"" and "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας, "Μέγας Αλέξανδρος"".
• The closest airport to Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA) is Alexandroupolis International Airport (AXD), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) E of KVA.
• Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU):

• The closest airport to Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) is Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SE of AXU.
• On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s.
• The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
• The furthest airport from Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (meaning Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,318 miles (19,824 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport", another name for AXU is "የአክሱም ዮሃነስ አራት የአየር ማረፊያ".
• Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport's high elevation of 6,916 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AXU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AXU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.