Nonstop flight route between Tamanrasset, Algeria and Sioux City, Iowa, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR), Tamanrasset, Algeria and Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,735 miles (or 9,229 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Sioux Gateway 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Sioux Gateway Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR):

• In addition to being known as "Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport", other names for TMR include "Tamanrasset Airport (Aguenar)" and "Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok".
• Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is In Guezzam Airport (INF), which is located 225 miles (363 kilometers) S of TMR.
• Because of Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport's high elevation of 4,518 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TMR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TMR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is nearly antipodal to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (meaning Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fuaʻamotu International Airport), and is located 12,322 miles (19,830 kilometers) away in Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.

Facts about Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX):

• For several years the only airline service was from Northwest Airlines, commuter service on Northwest Airlink to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
• The construction of Sioux City Army Air Base began in March 1942, about three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• 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 (SUX) has 2 runways.
• In the year ending November 30, 2012 the airport had 18,258 aircraft operations, an average of 50 per day.
• In addition to being known as "Sioux Gateway Airport", another name for SUX is "Colonel Bud Day Field".
• Sioux City Army Air Base closed in December 1945, but in September 1946 the airfield was opened by the Air Force Reserve.
• 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.
• In July 2011, Delta Air Lines told the United States Department of Transportation that a weak economy and lower seat demand would force the company to reduce flights to several smaller communities including Sioux City unless it received assistance from the federal government.
• The closest airport to Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of SUX.