Nonstop flight route between Lamu, Kenya and Belgrade, Serbia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manda Airport (LAU), Lamu, Kenya and Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), Belgrade, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,490 miles (or 5,617 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 Manda Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Manda Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Manda Airport (LAU):

• Manda Airport, also called Lamu Airport is an airport in Kenya.
• Because of Manda Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Manda 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.
• Manda Airport is located in on Manda Island, Lamu District, Coast Province, in the Lamu Archipelago on the western shores of the Indian Ocean, on the Kenya coast.
• Manda Airport is a small civilian airport on Manda Island, serving the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya.
• Manda Airport (LAU) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Manda Airport (LAU) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Manda Airport (LAU) is Kiwayu Airport (KWY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NE of LAU.

Facts about Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG):

• The closest airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Batajnica Airbase (BJY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of BEG.
• The furthest airport from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The runway, which is now CAT IIIb, was upgraded in October 2005, as part of a large renovation project.
• In addition to being known as "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport", other names for BEG include "Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла" and "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla".
• In February 2011 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport shares began trading on the Belgrade Stock Exchange.
• The new location for the airport was on the Surčin plateau 12 km from Belgrade's city center.
• Because of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.
• Terminal 1 was the original and the only terminal when the airport was opened.
• The airport was rebuilt by October 1944 and until the end of the war was used by the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia as part of the Allied war effort.
• From 1 January 2010, Terminal 1 is fully operational and used mostly by low cost and charter airlines.
• Besides Aeroput, Air France, Deutsche Luft Hansa, KLM, Imperial Airways and airlines from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Poland also used the airport until the outbreak of the Second World War.
• During that period a 3,000 m long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen planes.
• Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) currently has only 1 runway.