Nonstop flight route between Mogadishu, Somalia and Guangyuan, Sichuan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia and Guangyuan Airport (GYS), Guangyuan, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,434 miles (or 7,135 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 Guangyuan 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 Aden Adde International Airport and Guangyuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGQ / HCMM | 
| Airport Name: | Aden Adde International Airport | 
| Location: | Mogadishu, Somalia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°0'48"N by 45°18'16"E | 
| Area Served: | Mogadishu, Somalia | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MGQ | 
| More Information: | MGQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GYS / ZUGU | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°23'27"N by 105°42'6"E | 
| Area Served: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 14472 feet (4,411 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GYS | 
| More Information: | GYS Maps & Info | 
Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):
- Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In December 2011, the Turkish government unveiled plans to further modernize the airport as part of Turkey's broader engagement in the local post-conflict reconstruction process.
- The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
- In the 1980s, the Somali federal government recruited the U.S.
- 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.
Facts about Guangyuan Airport (GYS):
- The closest airport to Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) SW of GYS.
- In addition to being known as "Guangyuan Airport", other names for GYS include "广元机场" and "Guǎngyuán Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is nearly antipodal to Guangyuan Airport (meaning Guangyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Viña del Mar Airport), and is located 12,268 miles (19,744 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Because of Guangyuan Airport's high elevation of 14,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.




