Nonstop flight route between Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Imperial, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia and Imperial County Airport (IPL), Imperial, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,841 miles (or 14,227 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Imperial County 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 Alula Aba Nega Airport and Imperial County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MQX / HAMK |
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Location: | Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°28'1"N by 39°31'59"E |
Area Served: | Mek'ele, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7406 feet (2,257 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MQX |
More Information: | MQX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IPL / KIPL |
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Location: | Imperial, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°50'3"N by 115°34'42"W |
Area Served: | Imperial / El Centro |
Operator/Owner: | Imperial County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | -54 feet (-16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from IPL |
More Information: | IPL Maps & Info |
Facts about Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX):
- Because of Alula Aba Nega Airport's high elevation of 7,406 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MQX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MQX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- This airport was built in the late 1990s to replace an older one located 7 km from Mek'ele.
- The closest airport to Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) NW of MQX.
- The furthest airport from Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Alula Aba Nega Airport (meaning Alula Aba Nega Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,750 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Alula Aba Nega Airport", another name for MQX is "አሉላ አባ ነጋ ዓለም አቀፍ የአየር ማረፊያ".
- On 22 August 1982, Douglas DC-3 ET-AHP of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport handled 112,060 passengers last year.
- Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Imperial County Airport (IPL):
- Imperial County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Imperial County, California, United States.
- Imperial County Airport (IPL) has 2 runways.
- The airport is located one nautical mile south of the central business district of Imperial, California, partially in the City of Imperial and partially in an unincorporated area of Imperial County.
- The furthest airport from Imperial County Airport (IPL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,531 miles (18,557 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Imperial County Airport's relatively low elevation of -54 feet, planes can take off or land at Imperial County 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.
- In addition to being known as "Imperial County Airport", another name for IPL is "Boley Field".
- The closest airport to Imperial County Airport (IPL) is Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) W of IPL.