Nonstop flight route between Sioux City, Iowa, United States and Lichinga, Mozambique:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa, United States and Lichinga Airport (VXC), Lichinga, Mozambique would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,929 miles (or 14,370 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 Sioux Gateway Airport and Lichinga 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 Sioux Gateway Airport and Lichinga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX):

• The airport is home to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, an Air Mobility Command -gained unit of the Iowa Air National Guard, flying the KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as Sioux City Air National Guard Base.
• Sioux Gateway Airport covers 2,460 acres at an elevation of 1,098 feet above mean sea level.
• American Airlines announced on December 9, 2011 that their subsidiary, American Eagle Airlines, would begin serving Sioux City from Chicago O'Hare in the spring of 2012.
• For several years the only airline service was from Northwest Airlines, commuter service on Northwest Airlink to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,641 miles (17,125 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) has 2 runways.
• By the mid-1960s ADC was reducing its forces, and on April 1, 1966 the 31st AD was reassigned and the airport was turned over to the Air Force Reserve and Iowa Air National Guard for limited military use.
• The closest airport to Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of SUX.
• In addition to being known as "Sioux Gateway Airport", another name for SUX is "Colonel Bud Day Field".

Facts about Lichinga Airport (VXC):

• The furthest airport from Lichinga Airport (VXC) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,622 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Lichinga Airport (VXC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lichinga Airport (VXC) is Salima Airport (LMB), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) SW of VXC.
• Because of Lichinga Airport's high elevation of 4,505 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VXC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VXC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.