Nonstop flight route between Mendi, Papua New Guinea and Pristina, Kosovo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mendi Airport (MDU), Mendi, Papua New Guinea and Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), Pristina, Kosovo would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,143 miles (or 13,104 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 Mendi Airport and Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari", 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 Mendi Airport and Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari". You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Mendi Airport (MDU):

• The closest airport to Mendi Airport (MDU) is Moro Airport (MXH), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of MDU.
• The furthest airport from Mendi Airport (MDU) is Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), which is located 11,735 miles (18,885 kilometers) away in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
• Mendi Airport (MDU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Mendi Airport's high elevation of 5,680 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MDU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MDU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN):

• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" handled 1,628,678 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,553 miles (18,593 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Negotiations were conducted throughout the standoff, during which Russia insisted that its troops would only be answerable to Russian commanders, and that it retain an exclusive zone for its own peacekeepers.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" is located 18 km south west of Pristina and 3 km south of Slatina and no farther than 80 km from the other cities.
• In addition to being known as "Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari"", other names for PRN include "Pristina International Airport", "Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"" and "Međunarodni Aerodrom Priština Adem Jašari".
• The closest airport to Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Skopje Airport (SKP), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of PRN.
• Airport traffic from PIA
• In June 2006, Pristina International Airport was awarded the Best Airport 2006 Award by Airports Council International.
• Prishtina International Airport "Adem Jashari" to its customers who fly business class, with various airline companies, offers special services within the waiting room for business class passengers, which started operations in 2008.