Nonstop flight route between Owerri, Nigeria and Cairo, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW), Owerri, Nigeria and Cairo International Airport (CAI), Cairo, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,322 miles (or 3,737 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 Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport and Cairo International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW):

• The furthest airport from Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (meaning Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,238 miles (19,696 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport", another name for QOW is "Imo Airport".
• The closest airport to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (QOW) is Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa (PHC), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of QOW.
• Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport handled 276,926 passengers last year.
• Because of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport's relatively low elevation of 373 feet, planes can take off or land at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo 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.

Facts about Cairo International Airport (CAI):

• In August 2011, Turkey's Limak Holding won the tender for modernizing the terminal.
• As of 2009 the façade of the terminal was being upgraded.
• Cairo International Airport (CAI) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Cairo International Airport", another name for CAI is "مطار القاهرة الدولي".
• During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces built Payne Airfield to serve the Allied Forces, rather than take over the existing Almaza Airport located 5 kilometres away.
• The furthest airport from Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,878 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• With its hub at the airport EgyptAir's operations were overhauled with the full transfer of its operations into the state of the art terminal between 27 April and 15 June 2009.
• The closest airport to Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Alexandria International Airport (ALY), which is located 113 miles (183 kilometers) NW of CAI.
• Cairo International Airport handled 14,711,500 passengers last year.
• Because of Cairo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 382 feet, planes can take off or land at Cairo 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.