Nonstop flight route between Zinder, Niger and Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena:
Departure Airport:
(13°46'44"N by 8°59'2"E)
Arrival Airport:
(7°58'9"S by 14°23'38"W)
Distance from ZND to ASI:
2,197.40 miles (3,536.37 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zinder Airport (ZND), Zinder, Niger and RAF Ascension (ASI), Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,197 miles (or 3,536 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 relatively short distance between Zinder Airport and RAF Ascension, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZND / DRZR |
| Airport Name: | Zinder Airport |
| Location: | Zinder, Niger |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°46'44"N by 8°59'2"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1516 feet (462 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZND |
| More Information: | ZND Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASI / FHAW |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°58'9"S by 14°23'38"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from ASI |
| More Information: | ASI Maps & Info |
Facts about Zinder Airport (ZND):
- Zinder Airport (ZND) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Zinder Airport (ZND) is Pago Pago International Airport (PPG), which is nearly antipodal to Zinder Airport (meaning Zinder Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pago Pago International Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
- The closest airport to Zinder Airport (ZND) is Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SSW of ZND.
Facts about RAF Ascension (ASI):
- The station comes under the overall jurisdiction of the Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, an officer of one-star rank.
- The NASA Tracking Station at Devil's Ashpit and the Cable & Wireless Earth Station at Donkey Plain were built in the "mid-sixties" for space operations and communications, including the latter's use for transmitting "microwave borne data via the Early Bird Satellite back to the NASA facility at Andover, Maine.
- The closest airport to RAF Ascension (ASI) is Sasstown Airport (SAZ), which is located 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) NNE of ASI.
- The furthest airport from RAF Ascension (ASI) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is nearly antipodal to RAF Ascension (meaning RAF Ascension is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ujae Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Ascension", another name for ASI is "Wideawake Airbase/Field".
- Ascension Island Auxiliary Field was being built by 181 men from Saint Helena by 1957
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 123.56 miles (198.86 km) SSW | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN) | Kano, Nigeria |     |
| 2 | 127.21 miles (204.72 km) W | Maradi Airport (MFQ) | Maradi, Niger | |
| 3 | 202.90 miles (326.53 km) SSW | Zaria Airport (ZAR) | Zaria, Nigeria | |
| 4 | 229.75 miles (369.75 km) NNW | Mano Dayak International Airport (AJY) | Agadez, Niger | |
| 5 | 240.82 miles (387.57 km) SSW | Kaduna Airport (KAD) | Kaduna, Nigeria | |
| 6 | 260.27 miles (418.87 km) WNW | Tahoua Airport (THZ) | Tahoua, Niger | |
| 7 | 286.09 miles (460.42 km) S | Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) | Jos, Nigeria | |
| 8 | 306.33 miles (493.00 km) ESE | Maiduguri International Airport (MIU) | Maiduguri, Nigeria | |
| 9 | 332.26 miles (534.72 km) SSW | Minna Airport (MXJ) | Minna, Nigeria | |
| 10 | 349.70 miles (562.78 km) SSW | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) | Abuja, Nigeria | |
| 11 | 362.51 miles (583.40 km) NNW | Arlit Airport (RLT) | Arlit, Niger | |
| 12 | 387.17 miles (623.09 km) E | Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) | Bol, Chad | |
| 13 | 389.87 miles (627.44 km) SE | Yola Airport (YOL) | Yola, Nigeria | |
| 14 | 420.51 miles (676.75 km) S | Makurdi Airport (MDI) | Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria | |
| 15 | 422.91 miles (680.61 km) ESE | N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ) | N'Djamena, Chad | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,396.26 miles (19,949.79 km) SSW | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) | Pago Pago, American Samoa | |
| 2 | 12,387.88 miles (19,936.31 km) E | Fagali'i Airport (FGI) | Apia, Samoa | |
| 3 | 12,370.13 miles (19,907.75 km) E | Faleolo International Airport (APW) | Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa | |
| 4 | 12,353.39 miles (19,880.81 km) E | Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS) | Maota, Samoa | |
| 5 | 12,342.30 miles (19,862.95 km) WSW | Ofu Airport (OFU) | Ofu, American Samoa | |
| 6 | 12,331.22 miles (19,845.12 km) WSW | Tau Airport (TAV) | Tau, American Samoa | |
| 7 | 12,326.94 miles (19,838.24 km) E | Asau Airport (AAU) | Asau, Samoa | |
| 8 | 12,325.84 miles (19,836.47 km) WSW | Fitiuta Airport (FTI) | Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States | |
| 9 | 12,104.44 miles (19,480.17 km) ESE | Mata'aho Airport (NFO) | Niuafo'ou, Tonga | |
| 10 | 12,086.77 miles (19,451.73 km) E | Wallis Island (WLS) | Wallis and Futuna Islands | |
| 11 | 12,063.47 miles (19,414.23 km) S | Niue International Airport (IUE) | Alofi, Niue | |
| 12 | 11,967.70 miles (19,260.09 km) SSE | Lifuka Island Airport (HPA) | Lifuka, Ha'apai, Tonga | |
| 13 | 11,962.84 miles (19,252.28 km) E | Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT) | Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands | |
| 14 | 11,853.82 miles (19,076.82 km) SSE | Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU) | Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga | |
| 15 | 11,819.27 miles (19,021.23 km) ESE | Cicia Airport (ICI) | Cicia, Fiji | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 964.90 miles (1,552.85 km) NNE | Sasstown Airport (SAZ) | Sasstown, Liberia | |
| 2 | 970.07 miles (1,561.18 km) NNE | Cape Palmas Airport (CPA) | Cape Palmas, Liberia | |
| 3 | 970.61 miles (1,562.04 km) NNE | Greenville/Sinoe Airport (SNI) | Greenville, Liberia | |
| 4 | 1,004.06 miles (1,615.87 km) NNE | Buchanan Airport (UCN) | Buchanan, Liberia | |
| 5 | 1,016.52 miles (1,635.93 km) NNE | Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW) | Monrovia, Liberia | |
| 6 | 1,019.92 miles (1,641.40 km) NNE | Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) | Monrovia, Liberia | |
| 7 | 1,057.48 miles (1,701.85 km) NNE | Sassandra Airport (ZSS) | Sassandra, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 8 | 1,060.22 miles (1,706.26 km) NNE | Tchien Airport (THC) | Tchien, Liberia | |
| 9 | 1,078.81 miles (1,736.16 km) N | Sherbro International Airport (BTE) | Bonthe, Sierra Leone | |
| 10 | 1,099.23 miles (1,769.04 km) N | Gbangbatok Airport (GBK) | Gbangbatok, Sierra Leone | |
| 11 | 1,108.19 miles (1,783.46 km) NNE | Guiglo Airport (GGO) | Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 12 | 1,114.35 miles (1,793.37 km) N | Bo Airport (KBS) | Bo, Sierra Leone | |
| 13 | 1,118.49 miles (1,800.03 km) NNE | Kenema Airport (KEN) | Kenema, Sierra Leone | |
| 14 | 1,131.83 miles (1,821.51 km) NNE | Gagnoa Airport (GGN) | Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 15 | 1,133.99 miles (1,824.97 km) N | Hastings Airport (HGS) | Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,369.71 miles (19,907.06 km) N | Ujae Airport (UJE) | Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 2 | 12,357.05 miles (19,886.69 km) NW | Lae Airport (LML) | Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 3 | 12,310.77 miles (19,812.22 km) NW | Elenak Airport (EAL) | Elenak, Marshall Islands | |
| 4 | 12,282.52 miles (19,766.74 km) WNW | Bucholz Army Airfield (KWA) | Kwajalein, Marshall Islands | |
| 5 | 12,282.50 miles (19,766.72 km) WNW | Ebadon Airstrip (EBN) | Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 6 | 12,282.14 miles (19,766.14 km) N | Wotho Airport (WTO) | Wotho, Marshall Islands | |
| 7 | 12,254.29 miles (19,721.32 km) W | Majkin Airport (MJE) | Majkin, Marshall Islands | |
| 8 | 12,232.07 miles (19,685.57 km) W | Woja Airport (WJA) | Woja, Marshall Islands | |
| 9 | 12,217.96 miles (19,662.86 km) W | Ailinglaplap Atoll (AIP) | Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 10 | 12,205.53 miles (19,642.85 km) W | Jabot Airport (JAT) | Jabat Island, Marshall Islands | |
| 11 | 12,205.39 miles (19,642.62 km) W | Jeh Airport (JEJ) | Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 12 | 12,200.28 miles (19,634.41 km) NW | Namorik Airport (NDK) | Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 13 | 12,199.88 miles (19,633.75 km) NNW | Rongelap Airport (RNP) | Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 14 | 12,191.27 miles (19,619.90 km) N | Bikini Atoll Airport (BII) | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | |
| 15 | 12,180.68 miles (19,602.86 km) NE | Kosrae International Airport (KSA) | Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia | |