Nonstop flight route between Nadi, Fiji and Paloemeu, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nadi International Airport (NAN), Nadi, Fiji and Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM), Paloemeu, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,724 miles (or 14,040 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 Vincent Fayks 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 Vincent Fayks 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):

• During the first half of the 1960s, Nadi served as a key airport for transfer of passengers from Auckland's Whenuapai airport which could only take turboprop and piston aeroplanes, onto the new DC-8s and Boeing 707s bound for North America and Europe.
• Nadi International Airport (NAN) has 2 runways.
• After the war ended, control of Nadi Airport was handed over to New Zealand on 20 December 1946, and the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand began operations from Nadi in 1947.
• The closest airport to Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Mana Island Airport (MNF), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of NAN.
• 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.
• Drama came to Nadi Airport on 19 May 1987.
• Nadi is the operational base for Fiji Airways, which services six airports throughout the southwest Pacific, and many more on the Pacific Rim.
• 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.

Facts about Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM):

• Because of Vincent Fayks Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Vincent Fayks 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 furthest airport from Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM) is Namrole Airport (NRE), which is nearly antipodal to Vincent Fayks Airport (meaning Vincent Fayks Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Namrole Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,771 kilometers) away in Buru, Indonesia.
• Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Vincent Fayks Airport (OEM) is Tepoe Airstrip (KCB), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) SW of OEM.