Nonstop flight route between Sivas, Turkey and Upington, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS), Sivas, Turkey and Upington Airport (UTN), Upington, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,818 miles (or 7,753 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 Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport and Upington 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 Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport and Upington Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAS / LTAR |
Airport Name: | Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport |
Location: | Sivas, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°46'0"N by 37°1'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Turkish Government Airport Management |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5222 feet (1,592 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VAS |
More Information: | VAS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UTN / FAUP |
Airport Name: | Upington Airport |
Location: | Upington, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°24'3"S by 21°15'34"E |
Area Served: | Upington, Northern Cape |
Airport Type: | Public (International for Cargo only) |
Elevation: | 2791 feet (851 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from UTN |
More Information: | UTN Maps & Info |
Facts about Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS):
- Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport's high elevation of 5,222 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VAS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VAS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,191 miles (18,009 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Tokat Airport (TJK), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of VAS.
Facts about Upington Airport (UTN):
- Upington Airport's uncommonly long runway and its strategically advantageous location, close to South Africa's northern borders, makes it ideally placed to serve the African continent.
- Upington Airport (UTN) has 3 runways.
- Planning is also under way at Upington Airport to construct a facility for the long-term parking of mothballed aircraft.
- The Concorde did flight testing at Upington Airport in June 1976.
- The closest airport to Upington Airport (UTN) is Johan Pienaar Airport (KMH), which is located 147 miles (236 kilometers) ENE of UTN.
- 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.