Nonstop flight route between São Nicolau, Cape Verde and Kaunas, Lithuania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Preguiça Airport (SNE), São Nicolau, Cape Verde and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,675 miles (or 5,914 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 Preguiça Airport and Kaunas 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 Preguiça Airport and Kaunas 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 Preguiça Airport (SNE):

• The closest airport to Preguiça Airport (SNE) is Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) WNW of SNE.
• Preguiça Airport (SNE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Preguiça Airport (SNE) is Misima Airport (MIS), which is located 11,986 miles (19,289 kilometers) away in Misima Island, Papua New Guinea.
• Because of Preguiça Airport's relatively low elevation of 669 feet, planes can take off or land at Preguiça 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 Kaunas International Airport (KUN):

• In 2012 the airport handled 830,268 passengers where 99% of the flow were international passengers travelling on scheduled services.
• Ryanair, is the main passenger carrier at the airport, which gradually expanded its network there since 2005, when the airline first time landed at the airport.
• Kaunas city centre is reachable by direct bus route no 29, operated daily by Kauno Autobusai from 5:00 am to 12:30 am.
• Kaunas Airport was used by YAK-40, and YAK-42 of the local Aeroflot branch since 1988.
• In 2012 Kaunas Airport accounted 25% of total passenger market in all Lithuanian airports.
• In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
• FL Technics has announced its plans to invest almost 4 million US dollars into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly launched MRO hangar in Kaunas.
• Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
• The runway of Kaunas Airport is 3,250m long and 45m wide, and is categorized with a 4E ICAO reference code.
• The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
• Busiest airports by passenger traffic in the Baltic States
• The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.