Nonstop flight route between Luganville, Vanuatu and Kyzylorda (Kzyl-Orda), Kazakhstan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), Luganville, Vanuatu and Kyzylorda Airport (KZO), Kyzylorda (Kzyl-Orda), Kazakhstan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,533 miles (or 12,124 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 Santo-Pekoa International Airport and Kyzylorda 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 Santo-Pekoa International Airport and Kyzylorda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SON / NVSS |
Airport Name: | Santo-Pekoa International Airport |
Location: | Luganville, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°30'20"S by 167°13'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Vanuatu Limited |
Elevation: | 184 feet (56 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SON |
More Information: | SON Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KZO / UAOO |
Airport Name: | Kyzylorda Airport |
Location: | Kyzylorda (Kzyl-Orda), Kazakhstan |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°42'24"N by 65°35'33"E |
Area Served: | Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan |
Operator/Owner: | JSC "Airport Korkyt Ata" |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 430 feet (131 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KZO |
More Information: | KZO Maps & Info |
Facts about Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON):
- Luganville Airfield was used as a civilian airstrip until the early 1970s, however as it was on higher ground it was often clouded in and so it was decided to move all operations to the former Pekoa Airfield/Bomber Field No.2 which became Santo-Pekoa International Airport.
- Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON) is Norsup Airport (NUS), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) SSE of SON.
- The furthest airport from Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON) is Ouro Sogui Airport (MAX), which is nearly antipodal to Santo-Pekoa International Airport (meaning Santo-Pekoa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ouro Sogui Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Matam, Senegal.
- As the war moved further north, Pekoa Airfield was closed on 8 February 1945 and all traffic routed to Palikulo Bay Airfield.
- Because of Santo-Pekoa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Santo-Pekoa 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.
Facts about Kyzylorda Airport (KZO):
- Kyzylorda Airport (KZO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kyzylorda Airport (KZO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,194 miles (18,014 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Kyzylorda Airport's relatively low elevation of 430 feet, planes can take off or land at Kyzylorda 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 closest airport to Kyzylorda Airport (KZO) is Zarafshan Airport (AFS), which is located 224 miles (361 kilometers) SSW of KZO.