Nonstop flight route between Salina, Kansas, United States and Ulan Bator, Mongolia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salina Regional Airport (SLN), Salina, Kansas, United States and Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN), Ulan Bator, Mongolia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,266 miles (or 10,084 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 Salina Regional Airport and Chinggis Khaan 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 Salina Regional Airport and Chinggis Khaan 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 Salina Regional Airport (SLN):

• Salina Regional Airport is a public airport three miles southwest of Salina, in Saline County, Kansas.
• The closest airport to Salina Regional Airport (SLN) is Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) ENE of SLN.
• Salina Regional Airport covers 2,862 acres at an elevation of 1,288 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Salina Regional Airport (SLN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,701 miles (17,222 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Salina Regional Airport (SLN) has 4 runways.
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 5,170 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,868 in 2009 and 3,144 in 2010.

Facts about Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN):

• The airport is due for replacement in 2017 by the new Khöshigt Valley Airport due to be constructed at the Khoshigt Valley 52 kilometres from Ulaanbaatar city centre.
• Because of Chinggis Khaan International Airport's high elevation of 4,364 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ULN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ULN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport handled 1,098,865 passengers last year.
• Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Chinggis Khaan International Airport", another name for ULN is "Чингис хаан олон улсын нисэх буудалᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠣᠯᠠᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ  ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ".
• The furthest airport from Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (meaning Chinggis Khaan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
• The airport was first established as Buyant-Ukhaa airport on 19 February 1957.
• The closest airport to Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN) is Mandalgovi Airport (MXW), which is located 145 miles (234 kilometers) S of ULN.