Nonstop flight route between Mexico City, Mexico and Kake, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), Mexico City, Mexico and Kake Airport (KAE), Kake, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,144 miles (or 5,059 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 Benito Juarez International Airport and Kake 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 Benito Juarez International Airport and Kake Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX):

• Located at the neighborhood of Peñón de los Baños within Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, the airport is 5 km east from Downtown Mexico City and is surrounded by the built-up areas of Gustavo A.
• Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) has 2 runways.
• Because of Benito Juarez International Airport's high elevation of 7,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The Customs area grew from 3,350 to 6,200m² and the number of inspection modules grew from 10 to 18.
• The furthest airport from Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,294 miles (18,175 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Air operations in the new facilities began on November 15, 2007, with flights by Aeromar and Delta Air Lines, and later AeroMéxico, Copa, LAN and Continental Airlines.
• A new drainage system was built with the road, which prevents flooding during rainy seasons.
• In addition to being known as "Benito Juarez International Airport", another name for MEX is "Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez".
• The closest airport to Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Santa Lucía Air Force Base (NLU), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) N of MEX.
• Renovations to the AICM continued and on April 11, 1994, a new International Terminal building was ready and operational.
• Benito Juarez International Airport handled 3,277,957 passengers last year.

Facts about Kake Airport (KAE):

• The furthest airport from Kake Airport (KAE) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,584 miles (17,032 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Kake Airport (KAE) is Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport (PSG), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) ESE of KAE.
• Kake Airport (KAE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kake Airport's relatively low elevation of 172 feet, planes can take off or land at Kake 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kake Airport", another name for KAE is "AFE".