Nonstop flight route between Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam and Kandahar, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Phu Cat Airport (UIH), Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,983 miles (or 4,801 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 Phu Cat Airport and Kabul 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 Phu Cat Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Phu Cat Airport (UIH):

• The closest airport to Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Chu Lai Airport (VCL), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) NNW of UIH.
• Phu Cat Airport (UIH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Phu Cat Airport (UIH) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Phu Cat Airport (meaning Phu Cat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Phu Cat Airport", another name for UIH is "Sân bay Phù Cát".
• Because of Phu Cat Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Phu Cat 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.

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):

• A perimeter was quickly secured around the terminal building and airstrip, and initially all troops worked and lived in and around the main terminal building itself.
• Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
• The airport was mostly used at this time for military and humanitarian purposes, hosting regular flights of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to and from Kabul, Jalalabad, Herat and Peshawar.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Coalition presence increases
• Eight General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon close air support fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were deployed to Kandahar Airfield to support the expanded NATO operation in southern Afghanistan in late 2006.
• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.