Nonstop flight route between Maradi, Niger and Hargeisa, Somalia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maradi Airport (MFQ), Maradi, Niger and Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA), Hargeisa, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,516 miles (or 4,049 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 Maradi Airport and Hargeisa Egal 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 Maradi Airport and Hargeisa Egal 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: | MFQ / DRRM | 
| Airport Name: | Maradi Airport | 
| Location: | Maradi, Niger | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°29'57"N by 7°6'41"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MFQ | 
| More Information: | MFQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGA / HCMH | 
| Airport Name: | Hargeisa Egal International Airport | 
| Location: | Hargeisa, Somalia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°31'5"N by 44°5'20"E | 
| Area Served: | Hargeisa, Somalia | 
| Operator/Owner: | Somaliland Civil Aviation & Air Transport Ministry | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4423 feet (1,348 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HGA | 
| More Information: | HGA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Maradi Airport (MFQ):
- The furthest airport from Maradi Airport (MFQ) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Maradi Airport (meaning Maradi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,419 miles (19,987 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
- The closest airport to Maradi Airport (MFQ) is Zinder Airport (ZND), which is located 127 miles (205 kilometers) E of MFQ.
Facts about Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA):
- Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was later renamed to Egal International Airport after the veteran politician Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.
- The furthest airport from Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (meaning Hargeisa Egal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of HGA.
- Because of Hargeisa Egal International Airport's high elevation of 4,423 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged.
- In 2012, the airport's routes were temporarily suspended as its runway underwent major renovations, funded by the Somaliland authorities, Kuwait Fund and USAID.




