Nonstop flight route between Sumbawanga, Tanzania and Nanyuki, Kenya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sumbawanga Airport (SUT), Sumbawanga, Tanzania and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 661 miles (or 1,064 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 relatively short distance between Sumbawanga Airport and Nanyuki Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SUT / HTSU | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Sumbawanga, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°56'56"S by 31°36'37"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5920 feet (1,804 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SUT | 
| More Information: | SUT Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NYK / HKNY | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Nanyuki, Kenya | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 0°3'39"S by 37°2'30"E | 
| Area Served: | Nanyuki, and Northern Kenya | 
| Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public, Civilian | 
| Elevation: | 6250 feet (1,905 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from NYK | 
| More Information: | NYK Maps & Info | 
Facts about Sumbawanga Airport (SUT):
- In addition to being known as "Sumbawanga Airport", another name for SUT is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Sumbawanga (Swahili)".
- The closest airport to Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SSW of SUT.
- Because of Sumbawanga Airport's high elevation of 5,920 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SUT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SUT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Sumbawanga Airport handled 806 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,695 miles (18,822 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Sumbawanga Airport (SUT) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):
- Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- In the early 1990s the airfield became home to Tropic Air Kenya — a small air charter company operating single-engine Cessna aircraft and helicopters.
- Offices and facilities have been built.
- The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
- Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
- At 1,905 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 1,200 metres in length.




