Nonstop flight route between Nioro, Mali and Riga, Latvia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nioro Airport (NIX), Nioro, Mali and Riga International Airport (RIX), Riga, Latvia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,370 miles (or 5,423 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 Nioro Airport and Riga 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 Nioro Airport and Riga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nioro Airport (NIX):

• The closest airport to Nioro Airport (NIX) is Yélimané Airport (EYL), which is located 67 miles (107 kilometers) W of NIX.
• The furthest airport from Nioro Airport (NIX) is Sara Airport (SSR), which is nearly antipodal to Nioro Airport (meaning Nioro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sara Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Sara, Vanuatu.

Facts about Riga International Airport (RIX):

• As the Latvian government may be backing out of the state-financed plan to build the 20 million passenger capable terminal, airBaltic is now planning, by 2014, to build for its own exclusive use a second terminal which can handle 40 planes and 5000 passengers per hour, equivalent to about 7.5 million passengers per year, located next to the current terminal, while leaving the current terminal for all other airlines to use.
• In addition to being known as "Riga International Airport", another name for RIX is "Starptautiskā lidosta “Rīga”".
• Because of Riga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Riga 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.
• The furthest airport from Riga International Airport (RIX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,169 miles (17,975 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Riga International Airport (RIX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was built in 1973 as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated.
• The closest airport to Riga International Airport (RIX) is Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) SSW of RIX.
• Riga International Airport is the international airport of Riga, the capital of Latvia, and the largest airport in the Baltic states with direct flights to over 80 destinations in 30 countries.