Nonstop flight route between Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands and Lokichoggio, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Volkel Air Base (UDE), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands and Lokichogio Airport (LKG), Lokichoggio, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,669 miles (or 5,904 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 Volkel Air Base and Lokichogio 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 Volkel Air Base and Lokichogio Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Volkel Air Base (UDE):

• The closest airport to Volkel Air Base (UDE) is Weeze Airport (NRN), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of UDE.
• It was believed that since the early 1960s, USAF nuclear weapons were stored at Volkel Air Base, to be used by the host nation's aircraft.
• When later that year the south of the Netherlands was liberated, the Royal Air Force took control of the airfield.
• The furthest airport from Volkel Air Base (UDE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Volkel Air Base's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at Volkel Air Base 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.
• Volkel Air Base (UDE) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Volkel Air Base", other names for UDE include "Vliegbasis Volkel" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-80)".
• Volkel Air Base is one of several military airfields in the Netherlands, and one of the three major operational bases of the RNLAF, the other two being Leeuwarden Air Base and Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

Facts about Lokichogio Airport (LKG):

• Lokichogio Airport is located in Turkana District, Rift Valley Province, in the town of Lokichogio, in the northwestern corner of the Republic of Kenya, close to the International borders with South Sudan and Uganda.
• Lokichogio Airport (LKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lokichogio Airport (LKG) is Kalokol Airport (KLK), which is located 114 miles (184 kilometers) ESE of LKG.
• The furthest airport from Lokichogio Airport (LKG) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,841 miles (19,056 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.