Nonstop flight route between Mmabatho, South Africa and Sandnessjøen, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mafikeng Airport (MBD), Mmabatho, South Africa and Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ), Sandnessjøen, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,378 miles (or 10,264 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 Mafikeng Airport and Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka, 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 Mafikeng Airport and Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mafikeng Airport (MBD):

• The furthest airport from Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is nearly antipodal to Mafikeng Airport (meaning Mafikeng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kalaupapa Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,443 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Mafikeng Airport", another name for MBD is "Mmabatho Airport".
• The closest airport to Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNE of MBD.
• Because of Mafikeng Airport's high elevation of 4,181 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Mafikeng Airport (MBD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ):

• In addition to being known as "Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka", another name for SSJ is "Sandnessjøen Lufthavn, Stokka".
• The closest airport to Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ) is Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (MJF), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ESE of SSJ.
• The furthest airport from Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,870 miles (17,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka handled 75,096 passengers last year.
• Sandnessjøen airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø, Trondheim and Oslo.
• Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Since the float planes could only be operated during daylight and in good weather, a more stable air transport solution was deemed necessary as the volume of traffic steadily grew.
• Because of Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka 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.