Nonstop flight route between Nadi, Fiji and Jacmel, Haiti:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nadi International Airport (NAN), Nadi, Fiji and Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,871 miles (or 12,667 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 Nadi International Airport and Jacmel 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 Nadi International Airport and Jacmel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Nadi International Airport (NAN):

• Because of Nadi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Nadi 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.
• Then, as now, Fiji was the crossroads of the Pacific – and in those days was even more important as a refuelling stop.
• Drama came to Nadi Airport on 19 May 1987.
• The furthest airport from Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Nadi International Airport (meaning Nadi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
• Nadi International Airport (NAN) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Mana Island Airport (MNF), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of NAN.

Facts about Jacmel Airport (JAK):

• After tree and terrain clearings to allow greater runway overshoot areas, Jacmel Airport started accepting heavy-lift C-17 Globemasters from 20 February to facilitate disaster recovery efforts.
• The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
• Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Jacmel Airport was the sixth busiest airport in Haiti by passenger volume before the 2010 Haitian earthquake, near the city of Jacmel, on Haiti's south coast.
• Regular airline service started on 29 January 2005 with a flight from Tortug' Air.
• In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".
• The airport also hosted the local UN MINUSTAH base.
• The furthest airport from Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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.
• Some degradation of the runway was discovered on 29 January 2010, as a result of the heavy use of the airstrip.