Nonstop flight route between Yola, Nigeria and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yola Airport (YOL), Yola, Nigeria and Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,737 miles (or 12,452 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 Tucson 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 Tucson 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):

• 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.
• Yola Airport handled 108,677 passengers last year.
• Yola Airport (YOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Yola Airport (YOL) is Garoua International Airport (GOU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) E of YOL.

Facts about Tucson International Airport (TUS):

• In 1919 Tucson opened the first municipally owned airport in the United States.
• Tucson International Airport handled 1,779,679 passengers last year.
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,779,679 enplanements in 2011, a decrease from 1,844,228 in 2010.
• Tucson International Airport (TUS) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of TUS.
• A remodeling in 1985 doubled the size of the terminal from 150,000 to 300,000 sq ft and rebuilt the concourse into separate, two-level structures with jet bridges.
• The furthest airport from Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,528 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Tucson International is operated on a long-term lease by the Tucson Airport Authority, which also operates Ryan Airfield, a general aviation airport.