Nonstop flight route between Utopia Creek, Alaska, United States and Nairobi, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO), Utopia Creek, Alaska, United States and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), Nairobi, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,938 miles (or 12,775 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 Indian Mountain LRRS Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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 Indian Mountain LRRS Airport and Jomo Kenyatta 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 Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO):

• Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,225 miles (16,456 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• It is not staffed by any support personnel, and is not open to the public.
• Indian Mountain LRRS Airport is a military airstrip located south of Utopia Creek, in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S.
• The closest airport to Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO) is Hughes Airport (HUS), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of UTO.

Facts about Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO):

• The closest airport to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Wilson Airport (WIL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) W of NBO.
• The original terminal, located on the north side of the runway, is used by the Kenya Air Force and is sometimes referred as Old Embakasi Airport.
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 7 August 2013, a fire originating in the immigration area caused massive damage to the airport and forced it to suspend operations temporarily.
• The airport served 5,803,635 passengers in 2011, making it the ninth-busiest airport in Africa by total passengers.
• An addition to the existing terminal building, Unit 4, is under construction at a cost of 9.4 billion Kenyan shillings and is slated to open in 2013.
• Once complete, the terminal will have 60 check-in positions, 32 air bridges and eight remote gates.
• Because of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's high elevation of 5,327 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NBO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NBO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,621 miles (18,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Jomo Kenyatta International Airport handled 580,363 passengers last year.