Nonstop flight route between Masai Mara, Kenya and Haikou, Hainan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mara Serena Airport (MRE), Masai Mara, Kenya and Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK), Haikou, Hainan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,309 miles (or 8,544 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 Mara Serena Airport and Haikou Meilan International 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 Mara Serena Airport and Haikou Meilan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mara Serena Airport (MRE):

• The furthest airport from Mara Serena Airport (MRE) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,582 miles (18,640 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Mara Serena Airport (MRE) is Kericho Airport (KEY), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) NNE of MRE.
• Mara Serena Airport (MRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Mara Serena Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Mara Serena Airport lies approximately 225 kilometres southwest of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport.
• In addition to being known as "Mara Serena Airport", another name for MRE is "n/a".

Facts about Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK):

• Haikou Meilan International Airport handled 10,167,818 passengers last year.
• Haikou Meilan International Airport is the airport serving Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, China.
• A new, international terminal opened on August 14, 2013.
• Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The nearby Meilan Airport Railway Station is served by Hainan Eastern Ring Railway.
• The furthest airport from Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Haikou Meilan International Airport (meaning Haikou Meilan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
• Haikou Meilan International Airport is the largest airport in Hainan, but the 2nd busiest.
• Because of Haikou Meilan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Haikou Meilan 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.
• The closest airport to Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK) is Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) N of HAK.
• In addition to being known as "Haikou Meilan International Airport", other names for HAK include "海口美兰国际机场", "Hǎikǒu Měilán Guójì Jīchǎng" and "ZJHK[1]".