Nonstop flight route between Tripoli, Libya and Srednekolymsk, Sakha Republic, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya and Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK), Srednekolymsk, Sakha Republic, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,203 miles (or 8,373 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 Mitiga International Airport and Srednekolymsk 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 Mitiga International Airport and Srednekolymsk Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):

• In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
• During the 2011 Libyan civil war, the The Times and The Guardian reported claims that the airport had been taken over by protestors opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
• After the USAF left, Wheelus became a Libyan People's Air Force installation and was renamed Okba Ben Nafi Air Base.
• Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga International 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.
• On 13 March 2011, Ali Atiyya, a colonel of the Libyan Air Force at the airport, defected and joined the anti-Gaddafi forces.
• The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
• The fourteen-hour 9,300-kilometre round trip to Libya required numerous in-air refuelings, because countries closer to Libya – Spain, Italy, France, and Greece – had refused American planes permission to fly over or from bases in their countries.
• Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
• Alitalia and Turkish Airlines also moved back to Tripoli International after it reopened.

Facts about Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK):

• The closest airport to Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK) is Zyryanka Airport (ZKP), which is located 146 miles (235 kilometers) SW of SEK.
• In addition to being known as "Srednekolymsk Airport", another name for SEK is "Аэропорт Среднеколымск".
• The furthest airport from Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,423 miles (18,383 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK) currently has only 1 runway.