Nonstop flight route between Nairobi, Kenya and Bamako, Mali:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya and Bamako Senou International Airport (BKO), Bamako, Mali would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,222 miles (or 5,186 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 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Bamako Senou 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 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Bamako Senou International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBO / HKJK | 
| Airport Name: | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | 
| Location: | Nairobi, Kenya | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°19'6"S by 36°55'32"E | 
| Area Served: | Nairobi | 
| Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) | 
| Elevation: | 5327 feet (1,624 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from NBO | 
| More Information: | NBO Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKO / GABS | 
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| Location: | Bamako, Mali | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°32'16"N by 7°56'35"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Aéroports du Mali (ADM) | 
| Airport Type: | Joint (Public/Military) | 
| Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BKO | 
| More Information: | BKO Maps & Info | 
Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):
- A new instrument landing system-equipped runway 5,500 metres in length has been approved for construction at a cost of 12.8 billion Kenyan shillings.
 - The furthest airport from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,621 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
 - The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
 - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
 - Because of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's high elevation of 5,327 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NBO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NBO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.
 - On 5 August 2013, an airlock in the main pipeline that delivers jet fuel to the airport caused all inbound flights to the airport to be diverted to other airfields.
 - Once complete, the terminal will have 60 check-in positions, 32 air bridges and eight remote gates.
 
Facts about Bamako Senou International Airport (BKO):
- In addition to being known as "Bamako Senou International Airport", another name for BKO is "Aéroport international de Bamako–Sénou".
 - Senou Airport was opened to traffic in 1974.
 - The closest airport to Bamako Senou International Airport (BKO) is Siguiri Airport (GII), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) SW of BKO.
 - Passenger traffic steadily increased in the early 2000s.
 - The furthest airport from Bamako Senou International Airport (BKO) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Bamako Senou International Airport (meaning Bamako Senou International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,134 miles (19,528 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
 
