Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Jijiga, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Wilwal International Airport (JIJ), Jijiga, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,622 miles (or 13,876 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Wilwal 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Wilwal International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLC / KSLC | 
| Airport Name: | Salt Lake City International Airport | 
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'17"N by 111°58'40"W | 
| Area Served: | Northern Utah area and beyond | 
| Operator/Owner: | Salt Lake City | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4227 feet (1,288 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 4 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SLC | 
| More Information: | SLC Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JIJ / HAJJ | 
| Airport Name: | Wilwal International Airport | 
| Location: | Jijiga, Ethiopia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'50"N by 42°54'39"E | 
| Area Served: | Jijiga, Ethiopia | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5413 feet (1,650 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from JIJ | 
| More Information: | JIJ Maps & Info | 
Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):
- The airport has free Wi-Fi internet access.
- The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
- After airline deregulation in 1978 hub airports appeared.
- Salt Lake City International also houses a hangar and line maintenance facility for Delta Air Lines' primary maintenance, repair and overhaul arm, Delta TechOps.
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
- Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Wilwal International Airport (JIJ):
- By the 1990s, the Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.
- Because of Wilwal International Airport's high elevation of 5,413 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of JIJ.
- The furthest airport from Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Wilwal International Airport (meaning Wilwal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) currently has only 1 runway.




