Nonstop flight route between Katima Mulilo, Namibia and Kahului, Hawaii, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA), Katima Mulilo, Namibia and Kahului Airport (OGG), Kahului, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,208 miles (or 19,647 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 Katima Mulilo Airport and Kahului 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 Katima Mulilo Airport and Kahului Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between MPA and OGG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Katima Mulilo Airport and Kahului Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between MPA and OGG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Katima Mulilo, Namibia and Kahului, Hawaii, United States by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between MPA and OGG!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPA / FYKM |
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Location: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'3"S by 24°10'35"E |
Area Served: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3144 feet (958 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MPA |
More Information: | MPA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OGG / PHOG |
Airport Name: | Kahului Airport |
Location: | Kahului, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°53'54"N by 156°25'50"W |
Area Served: | Kahului, Hawaii |
Operator/Owner: | Hawaii Department of Transportation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 54 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from OGG |
More Information: | OGG Maps & Info |
Facts about Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA):
- Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kasane Airport (BBK), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) ESE of MPA.
- The furthest airport from Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Katima Mulilo Airport (meaning Katima Mulilo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- In addition to being known as "Katima Mulilo Airport", another name for MPA is "Mpacha Airport".
Facts about Kahului Airport (OGG):
- The furthest airport from Kahului Airport (OGG) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kahului Airport (meaning Kahului Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,372 miles (19,911 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
- Aloha Airlines Flight 243
- The closest airport to Kahului Airport (OGG) is Kapalua Airport (JHM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of OGG.
- All 20 aboard the aircraft died.
- The Kahului Airport terminal building has ticketing, USDA agricultural inspection, and baggage claim areas on the ground level.
- Kahului Airport (OGG) has 2 runways.
- Kahului Airport handled 5,346,694 passengers last year.
- Investigations of the disaster, headquartered at Honolulu International Airport, concluded that the accident was caused by metal fatigue.
- Because of Kahului Airport's relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at Kahului 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.
- Kahului Airport covers 1,391 acres at an elevation of 54 feet above mean sea level.
- Kahului Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai'i.