Nonstop flight route between Wonju, South Korea and Hulhulé Island, Maldives:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wonju Airport (WJU), Wonju, South Korea and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), Hulhulé Island, Maldives would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,122 miles (or 6,634 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 Wonju Airport and Ibrahim Nasir 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 Wonju Airport and Ibrahim Nasir 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 Wonju Airport (WJU):

• In addition to being known as "Wonju Airport", other names for WJU include "원주공항 原州空港", "Wonju Gonghang" and "Wŏnju Konghang".
• Because of Wonju Airport's relatively low elevation of 329 feet, planes can take off or land at Wonju 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.
• Wonju Airport handled 70,943 passengers last year.
• Wonju Airport (WJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wonju Airport (WJU) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Wonju Airport (meaning Wonju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,190 miles (19,618 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• The closest airport to Wonju Airport (WJU) is Seoul Air Base (SSN), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) W of WJU.

Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):

• Ibrahim Nasir International first started out as a small strip of land in the then inhabited island of Hulhulé.
• The airport came 5th in a survey conducted by PrivateFly during October and November 2011, to find the world's best airport approaches.
• On 26 July 2011, Male' International Airport was officially renamed as 'Ibrahim Nasir International Airport' in memory of Ibrahim Nasir, 2nd President of the Maldives.
• In addition to being known as "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "އިބްރާހިމް ނާސިރު ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެބަނދަރު".
• Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• In late 2012, the government of Maldives declared that the concession agreement was void ab initio and on 27 November 2012 gave GMIAL a deadline of 7 days to evict the airport'.
• 1Some of these flights make an intermediate stop in Colombo, but Turkish Airlines does not have traffic rights solely between Male and Colombo.
• Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir 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.
• More than 1200 employees from Maldives Airports Company Ltd will be transferred to GMR Malé International Airport Pvt.
• The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
• As the airport started hosting frequent and numerous flights, the need for a corporate entity to manage the airport was realised.