Nonstop flight route between Nairobi, Kenya and Kissidougou, Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya and Kissidougou Airport (KSI), Kissidougou, Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,318 miles (or 5,340 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 Kissidougou 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 Kissidougou 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: | KSI / GUKU |
Airport Name: | Kissidougou Airport |
Location: | Kissidougou, Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°9'38"N by 10°7'27"W |
Area Served: | Kissidougou |
View all routes: | Routes from KSI |
More Information: | KSI Maps & Info |
Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):
- 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.
- Traffic at the airport grows at a rate of 12 percent per annum and is expected to hit the 25 million mark by 2025.
- 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.
- Once complete, the terminal will have 60 check-in positions, 32 air bridges and eight remote gates.
- The original terminal, located on the north side of the runway, is used by the Kenya Air Force and is sometimes referred as Old Embakasi Airport.
- On 9 March 1958, Embakasi Airport was opened by the last colonial governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring.
- The architects for the terminal were Pascall+Watson, a London based firm that also designed Heathrow Terminal 5 and Dublin Airport Terminal 2.
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
- After Kenya's independence in 1964, the airport was renamed Nairobi International Airport to more accurately reflect the city it served.
- The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
Facts about Kissidougou Airport (KSI):
- The closest airport to Kissidougou Airport (KSI) is Foya Airport (FOY), which is located 56 miles (91 kilometers) S of KSI.
- The furthest airport from Kissidougou Airport (KSI) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kissidougou Airport (meaning Kissidougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,093 miles (19,461 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.