Nonstop flight route between Mogadishu, Somalia and Durant, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia and Eaker Field (DUA), Durant, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,922 miles (or 14,358 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 Aden Adde International Airport and Eaker Field, 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 Aden Adde International Airport and Eaker Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):

• Additionally, the IOM has helped firm up on airport security by training 84 civil aviation, immigration, finance and customs department officers on proper border management and immigration protocol.
• In September 2013, the Turkish company Favori LLC began operations at the airport.
• Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 8 June 2007, the Transitional Federal Government announced that the airport would be renamed in honor of the first President of Somalia, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, who had died earlier in the day.
• The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
• Among its first initiatives, worth an estimated $6 million, SKA invested in new airport equipment and expanded support services by hiring, training and equipping 200 local workers to meet international airport standards.
• The furthest airport from Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Originally a modest-sized airport, the facility grew considerably in size in the post-independence period after numerous successive renovation projects.

Facts about Eaker Field (DUA):

• Eaker Field (DUA) has 2 runways.
• The City of Durant named an airfield west of town in honor of then Captain Eaker in the 1930s.
• Durant Regional Airport – Eaker Field is three miles south of Durant, Oklahoma.
• The closest airport to Eaker Field (DUA) is North Texas Regional Airport (PNX), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SW of DUA.
• The furthest airport from Eaker Field (DUA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,855 miles (17,470 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Eaker Field's relatively low elevation of 699 feet, planes can take off or land at Eaker Field 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 terminal design called for an air traffic control tower, but that was dropped due to the cost.