Nonstop flight route between Upington, South Africa and Yekaterinburg, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Upington Airport (UTN), Upington, South Africa and Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Yekaterinburg, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,320 miles (or 10,171 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 Upington Airport and Koltsovo 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 Upington Airport and Koltsovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Upington Airport (UTN):

• The Concorde did flight testing at Upington Airport in June 1976.
• Upington Airport serves as an international cargo hub.
• The closest airport to Upington Airport (UTN) is Johan Pienaar Airport (KMH), which is located 147 miles (236 kilometers) ENE of UTN.
• Planning is also under way at Upington Airport to construct a facility for the long-term parking of mothballed aircraft.
• Many major car manufacturers bring their cars and commercial vehicles to Upington to test them in the hot dry and sunny conditions.
• The furthest airport from Upington Airport (UTN) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is nearly antipodal to Upington Airport (meaning Upington Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Princeville Airport), and is located 12,007 miles (19,323 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
• Upington Airport (UTN) has 3 runways.

Facts about Koltsovo Airport (SVX):

• Because of Koltsovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Koltsovo 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.
• Koltsovo Airport handled 4,293,002 passengers last year.
• June 1, 2009 at the airport put into operation a modern runway length of 3025 meters and a new control tower.
• Koltsovo Airport (SVX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of SVX.
• As of 2005, Koltsovo is the fifth largest airport in Russia and a member of Airports Council International.
• In addition to being known as "Koltsovo Airport", another name for SVX is "Аэропорт Кольцово".
• In 2009, the company went out of the airport Malév Hungarian Airlines and bmi, which is associated with a decrease in passenger traffic in their areas.
• In 2011, the number of passengers the airport for the first time in the preceding 20 years, has exceeded the threshold of three million and amounted to 3.356 million people.
• The furthest airport from Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,557 miles (16,990 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.