Nonstop flight route between Mendi, Papua New Guinea and Santiago, Dominican Republic:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mendi Airport (MDU), Mendi, Papua New Guinea and Cibao International Airport (STI), Santiago, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,960 miles (or 16,029 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 Cibao International 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 Mendi Airport and Cibao International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MDU / AYMN |
Airport Name: | Mendi Airport |
Location: | Mendi, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°8'51"S by 143°39'25"E |
Elevation: | 5680 feet (1,731 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MDU |
More Information: | MDU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | STI / MDST |
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Location: | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°24'21"N by 70°36'16"W |
Area Served: | Santiago de los Caballeros |
Operator/Owner: | City of Santiago |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 565 feet (172 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from STI |
More Information: | STI Maps & Info |
Facts about Mendi Airport (MDU):
- Mendi Airport (MDU) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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 Cibao International Airport (STI):
- On April 1, 2013 American Airlines stopped their direct flight to New York's JFK Airport.
- The construction of the airport began on February 15, 2000 and was finished in 2002.
- Because of Cibao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 565 feet, planes can take off or land at Cibao International 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.
- The furthest airport from Cibao International Airport (STI) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Cibao International Airport (meaning Cibao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Cibao International Airport handled 1,092,229 passengers last year.
- In June, 2008, Continental Airlines announced the discontinuation of their services to Santiago until September 3.
- Cibao International Airport (STI) currently has only 1 runway.
- On January 9, 2009, Spirit Airlines announced operations to Santiago City from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting on June 21, 2009.
- JetBlue Airways is the primary international operator, with up to seven daily flights to New York-JFK, a daily flights to New York-EWR, Boston and San Juan.
- In addition to being known as "Cibao International Airport", another name for STI is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao".
- In 2003 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas stopped their flights into Santiago after the airline stopped operations.
- The closest airport to Cibao International Airport (STI) is Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of STI.
- Air Turks and Caicos operate four weekly flights to Providenciales using their Embraer E-120 fleet.