Nonstop flight route between Quoin Hill, Vanuatu and Medan, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), Quoin Hill, Vanuatu and Kualanamu International Airport (KNO), Medan, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,798 miles (or 7,721 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 Quoin Hill Airfield and Kualanamu 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 Quoin Hill Airfield and Kualanamu 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: | UIQ / NVVQ |
Airport Name: | Quoin Hill Airfield |
Location: | Quoin Hill, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°32'23"N by 168°26'31"E |
View all routes: | Routes from UIQ |
More Information: | UIQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KNO / WIMM |
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Location: | Medan, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°38'16"N by 98°52'13"E |
Area Served: | Medan |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Indonesia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KNO |
More Information: | KNO Maps & Info |
Facts about Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ):
- A site was chosen for a bomber airfield and in October the Seebees started constructing a 6,000 feet by 200 feet runway which was completed by the middle of January 1943.
- The furthest airport from Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,749 miles (18,907 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The base was defended by the 198th Coast Artillery.
- The closest airport to Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ) is Wake Island Airfield (AWK), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) NW of UIQ.
- With Japanese forces establishing bases on Guadalcanal which threatened the sea route between the U.S.
Facts about Kualanamu International Airport (KNO):
- The closest airport to Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) is Polonia International Airport (MES), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) WSW of KNO.
- The furthest airport from Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) is Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP), which is nearly antipodal to Kualanamu International Airport (meaning Kualanamu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Tumbes, Peru.
- Airside facilities would be controlled by the Indonesian government, while landside facilities would be owned by a joint venture with PT Angkasa Pura II, which is expected to provide $350 million as an initial investment in return for a 30-year lease, after which ownership would revert to PT Angkasa Pura II.
- Because of Kualanamu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Kualanamu 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.
- Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Taxi costs about twice that of train tickets.
- The first airline uses the airport as a regional hub is Mihin Lanka which route from Jakarta to Jeddah with transit at the airport.
- All preparation of construction started in 1997, but the Asian Financial Crisis that began in the same year forced the development plans to be postponed.
- In addition to being known as "Kualanamu International Airport", other names for KNO include "Kualanamu International Airport (Medan)" and "Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu".