Nonstop flight route between Nairobi, Kenya and Wau, Sudan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya and Wau Airport (WUU), Wau, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 878 miles (or 1,413 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 relatively short distance between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Wau Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | WUU / HSWW | 
| Airport Name: | Wau Airport | 
| Location: | Wau, Sudan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°43'29"N by 27°58'48"E | 
| Area Served: | Wau, South Sudan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan | 
| Airport Type: | Public, Civilian | 
| Elevation: | 1421 feet (433 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from WUU | 
| More Information: | WUU Maps & Info | 
Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):
- 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 Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has its head office in the KAA Complex on the airport property.African Express Airways has its head office on the airport property.
- On 7 August 2013, a fire originating in the immigration area caused massive damage to the airport and forced it to suspend operations temporarily.
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.
- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
- The main entrance to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is on Airport South Road, which can be accessed by an exit from the A109 expressway.
- 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.
- The airport served 5,803,635 passengers in 2011, making it the ninth-busiest airport in Africa by total passengers.
- The groundbreaking of a new passenger terminal dubbed the "Greenfield Terminal" with a capacity of 20 million passengers was held on 3 December 2013.
Facts about Wau Airport (WUU):
- Service to Juba, South Sudan was provided by Southern Star Airlines until the airlines failure in late 2011.
- The furthest airport from Wau Airport (WUU) is Mataiva Airport (MVT), which is located 11,895 miles (19,143 kilometers) away in Mataiva, French Polynesia.
- This location lies approximately 511 kilometres, by air, northwest of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan.
- The closest airport to Wau Airport (WUU) is M'Boki Airport (MKI), which is located 217 miles (349 kilometers) SW of WUU.
- Wau Airport (WUU) currently has only 1 runway.




