Nonstop flight route between Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom and Nouna, Burkina Faso:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Southampton Airport (SOU), Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom and Nouna Airport (XNU), Nouna, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,644 miles (or 4,254 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 Southampton Airport and Nouna 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 Southampton Airport and Nouna Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Southampton Airport (SOU):

• Because of Southampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Southampton 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 furthest airport from Southampton Airport (SOU) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,918 miles (19,179 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The hostel was intended to be a short-term clearing house for those trans-migrants changing ships, but following changes to US immigration law which restricted entry to the United States under national origins quotas, some residents were forced to stay much longer.
• Southampton Airport is served by a dedicated mainline railway station, Southampton Airport Parkway.
• Southampton Airport handled 1,722,758 passengers last year.
• Southampton Airport (SOU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport's runway is built over the remains of a Roman villa.
• The closest airport to Southampton Airport (SOU) is Lasham Airfield (QLA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NE of SOU.
• On 5 March 2006 five restored Spitfires took off from Southampton Airport to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first test flight of the Spitfire.

Facts about Nouna Airport (XNU):

• In addition to being known as "Nouna Airport", another name for XNU is "Nouna Airport (Nouna)".
• Nouna Airport (XNU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Nouna Airport (XNU) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Nouna Airport (meaning Nouna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,544 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
• The closest airport to Nouna Airport (XNU) is Dédougou Airport (DGU), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) SE of XNU.
• Because of Nouna Airport's relatively low elevation of 886 feet, planes can take off or land at Nouna 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.