Nonstop flight route between Yola, Nigeria and Georgetown, Guyana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yola Airport (YOL), Yola, Nigeria and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO), Georgetown, Guyana would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,834 miles (or 7,780 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 Yola Airport and Cheddi Jagan 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 Yola Airport and Cheddi Jagan 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 Yola Airport (YOL):

• Yola Airport (YOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Yola Airport handled 108,677 passengers last year.
• Because of Yola Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Yola 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.
• The closest airport to Yola Airport (YOL) is Garoua International Airport (GOU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) E of YOL.
• The furthest airport from Yola Airport (YOL) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Yola Airport (meaning Yola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.

Facts about Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO):

• Atkinson Field was built 28 miles from Georgetown on 68 acres of land formerly known as Hyde Park, on the Demerara River.
• The closest airport to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NNE of GEO.
• United States Army Air Forces 430th Bombardment Squadron was assigned to Atkinson field from 4 November 1941 to 31 October 1942 flying anti-submarine sorties in Douglas B-18 bombers.
• The lease of the facility by the United States was formally terminated on 26 May 1966.
• Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) has 2 runways.
• In 1965 and 1968 additions were made to the airport facilities.
• The furthest airport from Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (meaning Cheddi Jagan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• Because of Cheddi Jagan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Cheddi Jagan 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.
• The United States obtained rights to locate military facilities in British Guiana as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom in 1941.