Nonstop flight route between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Le Lamentin / Fort de France, Martinique:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Aimé Césaire Airport (FDF), Le Lamentin / Fort de France, Martinique would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,856 miles (or 11,034 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 King Khalid International Airport and Aimé Césaire 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 King Khalid International Airport and Aimé Césaire Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RUH / OERK | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°57'28"N by 46°41'56"E | 
| Area Served: | Riyadh | 
| Operator/Owner: | The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2049 feet (625 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from RUH | 
| More Information: | RUH Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FDF / TFFF | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Le Lamentin / Fort de France, Martinique | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°35'31"N by 60°59'47"W | 
| Area Served: | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 
| Operator/Owner: | Aéroports Français | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from FDF | 
| More Information: | FDF Maps & Info | 
Facts about King Khalid International Airport (RUH):
- The closest airport to King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), which is located 166 miles (266 kilometers) WSW of RUH.
- The new expansion plan for Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport aims at increasing its capacity from 12 million to 35 million.
- The terminals are connected to each other by means of three linking buildings, These buildings are 168 metres long.
- King Khalid International Airport (RUH) has 2 runways.
- Passengers going from one terminal to another at King Khalid International Airport can utilize moving sidewalks for transportation.
- The furthest airport from King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Khalid International Airport (meaning King Khalid International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,273 miles (19,752 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- Additional passenger conveniences in the terminal complex include 80 elevators and escalators.
- The families of the airport workers are still living in K.K.I.A Housing Facility.
- In addition to being known as "King Khalid International Airport", another name for RUH is "مطار الملك خالد الدولي".
- King Khalid International Airport handled 13,919,000 passengers last year.
- The United States Air Force effectively took over these facilities temporarily from August 1990 through May 1991 as an airbase for aerial refueling tanker operations in support of the Gulf War.
Facts about Aimé Césaire Airport (FDF):
- Because of Aimé Césaire Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Aimé Césaire 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.
- In addition to being known as "Aimé Césaire Airport", other names for FDF include "Aéroport de Fort-de-France – Le Lamentin" and "Fort-de-France – Aimé Césaire Airport".
- Aimé Césaire Airport (FDF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Aimé Césaire Airport (FDF) is George F. L. Charles Airport (SLU), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) S of FDF.
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- The airport resides at an elevation of 16 ft above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Aimé Césaire Airport (FDF) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Aimé Césaire Airport (meaning Aimé Césaire Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,121 miles (19,507 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.




