Nonstop flight route between Nanyuki, Kenya and Lyudao (Green Island), Taiwan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya and Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI), Lyudao (Green Island), Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,865 miles (or 9,438 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 Nanyuki Airfield and Lyudao Airport (Green Island 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 Nanyuki Airfield and Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):

• In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
• The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Nanyuki Airfield is open from 6 am to 6 pm daily, with all traffic reporting to the Nanyuki air traffic controller.
• The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
• Offices and facilities have been built.
• Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• At 1,905 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 1,200 metres in length.

Facts about Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI):

• Because of Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Lyudao Airport (Green Island 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 closest airport to Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI) is Taitung Airport (TTT), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of GNI.
• In addition to being known as "Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport)", other names for GNI include "綠島航空站綠島機場" and "Lǜdǎo HángkōngzhànLǜdǎo Jīchǎng".
• Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (GNI) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) (meaning Lyudao Airport (Green Island Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,296 miles (19,789 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.