Nonstop flight route between Moshi, Tanzania and Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moshi Airport (QSI), Moshi, Tanzania and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Washington, D.C. / Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,686 miles (or 12,370 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 Moshi Airport and Washington Dulles 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 Moshi Airport and Washington Dulles 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 Moshi Airport (QSI):

• Moshi Airport handled 575 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Moshi Airport (QSI) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,495 miles (18,500 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Moshi Airport (QSI) is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) WSW of QSI.
• In addition to being known as "Moshi Airport", another name for QSI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Moshi  (Swahili)".
• Moshi Airport (QSI) has 2 runways.

Facts about Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD):

• The furthest airport from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,659 miles (18,763 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The civil engineering firm Ammann and Whitney was named lead contractor.
• By the 1980s, the original design, which had mobile lounges meet each plane, was no longer well-suited to Dulles' role as a hub airport.
• A new and permanent C/D concourse is planned as part of the D2 Dulles Development Project.
• Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) has 5 runways.
• The closest airport to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of IAD.
• The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has begun to gradually phase out the mobile lounge system for inter-terminal passenger movements in favor of the AeroTrain, an underground people mover which currently operates to Concourses A, B and C, and a pedestrian walkway system.
• Because of Washington Dulles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 313 feet, planes can take off or land at Washington Dulles 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.