Nonstop flight route between Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica and Mogadishu, Somalia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica and Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ), Mogadishu, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,799 miles (or 10,942 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 Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport and Aden Adde International 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 Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport and Aden Adde International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TNM / SCRM |
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Location: | Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°11'27"S by 58°59'10"W |
Area Served: | Villa Las Estrellas and Teniente R. Marsh Martin Base |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Chile |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 147 feet (45 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TNM |
More Information: | TNM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGQ / HCMM |
Airport Name: | Aden Adde International Airport |
Location: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°0'48"N by 45°18'16"E |
Area Served: | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MGQ |
More Information: | MGQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM):
- In addition to being known as "Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport", other names for TNM include "Villa Las Estrellas Airport", "Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Aeropuerto" and "Villa Las Estrellas Aeropuerto".
- Because of Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Teniente Rodolfo Marsh 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 Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) is Verkhnevilyuysk Airport (VHV), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (meaning Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Verkhnevilyuysk Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Verkhnevilyuysk, Woehee Bueluue District, Sakha Republic, Russia.
- The closest airport to Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) is Ushuaia International Airport (USH), which is located 607 miles (978 kilometers) NW of TNM.
- Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ):
- Among its first initiatives, worth an estimated $6 million, SKA invested in new airport equipment and expanded support services by hiring, training and equipping 200 local workers to meet international airport standards.
- Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Baidoa Airport (BIB), which is located 138 miles (223 kilometers) WNW of MGQ.
- The furthest airport from Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- On 8 June 2007, the Transitional Federal Government announced that the airport would be renamed in honor of the first President of Somalia, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, who had died earlier in the day.
- The following year, due to security risks brought on by the resumption of fighting in the wake of the Ethiopian intervention, most civilian aircraft opted to land and depart from K50 Airport, situated about 50 km from Mogadishu in Lower Shabelle.
- The Somali Air Corps also used the airport at this time, and had an airlift wing stationed in the capital.
- Additionally, the IOM has helped firm up on airport security by training 84 civil aviation, immigration, finance and customs department officers on proper border management and immigration protocol.