Nonstop flight route between Mangaia Island, Cook Islands and Iringa, Tanzania:
Departure Airport:

Arrival Airport:

Distance from MGS to IRI:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- MGS Airport Information
- IRI Airport Information
- Facts about MGS
- Facts about IRI
- Map of Nearest Airports to MGS
- List of Nearest Airports to MGS
- Map of Furthest Airports from MGS
- List of Furthest Airports from MGS
- Map of Nearest Airports to IRI
- List of Nearest Airports to IRI
- Map of Furthest Airports from IRI
- List of Furthest Airports from IRI
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mangaia Island Airport (MGS), Mangaia Island, Cook Islands and Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI), Iringa, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,194 miles (or 16,406 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 Mangaia Island Airport and Iringa / Nduli 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 Mangaia Island Airport and Iringa / Nduli Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGS / NCMG |
Airport Name: | Mangaia Island Airport |
Location: | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°53'44"S by 157°54'24"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from MGS |
More Information: | MGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRI / HTIR |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Iringa, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°40'9"S by 35°45'6"E |
Area Served: | Iringa |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4678 feet (1,426 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IRI |
More Information: | IRI Maps & Info |
Facts about Mangaia Island Airport (MGS):
- The closest airport to Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) is Akatoka Manava Airport (Mauke Airport) (MUK), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) NNE of MGS.
- The furthest airport from Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) is Kufra Airport (AKF), which is nearly antipodal to Mangaia Island Airport (meaning Mangaia Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kufra Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,732 kilometers) away in Kufra, Libya.
- Because of Mangaia Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Mangaia Island 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.
Facts about Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI):
- In addition to being known as "Iringa / Nduli Airport", another name for IRI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Iringa / Nduli (Swahili)".
- Because of Iringa / Nduli Airport's high elevation of 4,678 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IRI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IRI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,453 miles (18,432 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Iringa / Nduli Airport (IRI) is Msalato International Airport– Proposed airport – (DOD), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) N of IRI.