Nonstop flight route between Minot, North Dakota, United States and Arusha, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States and Arusha Airport (ARK), Arusha, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,459 miles (or 13,613 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 Minot Air Force Base and Arusha 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 Minot Air Force Base and Arusha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIB / KMIB |
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| Location: | Minot, North Dakota, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°24'56"N by 101°21'29"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MIB |
| More Information: | MIB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARK / HTAR |
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| Location: | Arusha, Tanzania |
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°22'0"S by 36°37'18"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4550 feet (1,387 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ARK |
| More Information: | ARK Maps & Info |
Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):
- The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
- The 810th Strategic Aerospace Division was inactivated 30 June 1971.
- The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
- A Semi Automatic Ground Environment facility was built and activated in June 1961.
- Late in 1973 a second Alert Parking Ramp was added across runway 29, to the south.
Facts about Arusha Airport (ARK):
- The furthest airport from Arusha Airport (ARK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- A few days later it was flown empty to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
- Arusha Airport handled 122,621 passengers last year.
- Because of Arusha Airport's high elevation of 4,550 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ARK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ARK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Arusha Airport (ARK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Arusha Airport (ARK) is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) E of ARK.
- The airport served 87,252 passengers in 2004.
- In addition to being known as "Arusha Airport", another name for ARK is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Arusha (Swahili)".
