Nonstop flight route between Mogadishu, Somalia and Newman, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia and Newman Airport (ZNE), Newman, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,295 miles (or 8,521 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 Newman 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 Newman Airport. 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):

• As of June 2014, the largest services using Aden Adde International Airport include the Somali-owned private carriers Jubba Airways and Daallo Airlines, in addition to UN charter planes, African Express Airways,Turkish Airlines, and SkyGreece Airlines.
• In late 2010, SKA Air and Logistics, a Dubai-based aviation firm that specializes in conflict zones, was contracted by the Transitional Federal Government to manage operations over a period of ten years at the re-opened Aden Adde International Airport.
• Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• In the 1970s, Somalia's then ruling socialist government enlisted its Soviet allies for major renovations to the ground's facilities.
• The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
• The Mogadishu airport was established in 1928, the first such facility to be opened in the Horn of Africa.
• 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 Newman Airport (ZNE):

• The furthest airport from Newman Airport (ZNE) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Newman Airport (meaning Newman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,032 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• Newman Airport (ZNE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The new tarmac will be able to support Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as the current Boeing 717 aircraft making a total capacity of four aircraft.
• The closest airport to Newman Airport (ZNE) is Barimunya Airport (BYP), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) NW of ZNE.
• Newman Airport handled 221,104 passengers last year.
• The airport is owned and maintained by the Shire of East Pilbara.