Nonstop flight route between Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso and Yasawa Island, Fiji:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ouahigouya Airport (OUG), Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso and Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), Yasawa Island, Fiji would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,216 miles (or 19,660 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 Ouahigouya Airport and Yasawa 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 Ouahigouya Airport and Yasawa Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between OUG and YAS makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Ouahigouya Airport and Yasawa Island Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between OUG and YAS are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso and Yasawa Island, Fiji by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between OUG and YAS!

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Facts about Ouahigouya Airport (OUG):

• Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Ouahigouya Airport (meaning Ouahigouya Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,216 miles (19,660 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
• In addition to being known as "Ouahigouya Airport", another name for OUG is "Ouahigouya Airport (Ouahigouya)".
• The closest airport to Ouahigouya Airport (OUG) is Tougan Airport (TUQ), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SW of OUG.

Facts about Yasawa Island Airport (YAS):

• Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yasawa Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Yasawa 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 furthest airport from Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Yasawa Island Airport (meaning Yasawa Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
• The closest airport to Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Nadi International Airport (NAN), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) S of YAS.