Nonstop flight route between Daegu, South Korea and Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Daegu International Airport (TAE), Daegu, South Korea and Munda Airport (MUA), Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,577 miles (or 5,757 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 Daegu International Airport and Munda 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 Daegu International Airport and Munda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Daegu International Airport (TAE):

• While the airport serves a growing metro area with more than 2.5 million residents, passenger numbers at Daegu airport have been declining since 2004, the year KTX highspeed rail reached Daegu.
• In addition to being known as "Daegu International Airport", other names for TAE include "대구국제공항 大邱國際空港", "Daegu Gukje Gonghang" and "Taegu Kukche Konghang".
• Daegu International Airport (TAE) has 2 runways.
• MH-53J at Taegu in 1993
• At the outbreak of the Korean War the airfield comprised a dirt and gravel runway and two concrete buildings.
• The closest airport to Daegu International Airport (TAE) is Pohang Airport (KPO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) E of TAE.
• Because of Daegu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Daegu 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.
• Daegu International Airport handled 1,084,585 passengers last year.
• Casualties being loaded onto a C-54 in 1951
• Daegu International Airport is primarily a domestic airport in the city of Daegu, South Korea.
• The furthest airport from Daegu International Airport (TAE) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Daegu International Airport (meaning Daegu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Facts about Munda Airport (MUA):

• Opened on 1 December 1942, it was used by the Japanese Navy and Japanese Army Air Force as a forward operating base.
• Because of Munda Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Munda 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 Munda Airport (MUA) is Praia International Airport (RAI), which is located 11,978 miles (19,277 kilometers) away in Praia, Cape Verde.
• The closest airport to Munda Airport (MUA) is Nusatupe Airport (GZO), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WNW of MUA.
• Despite these efforts, reports of the strip were relayed to Guadalcanal via coastwatcher Danny Kennedy and aerial reconnaissance spotted increased barge traffic and evidence of crushed coral being prepared at the strip, but the Japanese succeeded in buying enough time to complete a single 1,094 feet by 44 feet all weather runway for fighters operational on 17 December 1942.
• Munda Airport (MUA) currently has only 1 runway.