Nonstop flight route between Butuan City, Philippines and Nanyuki, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU), Butuan City, Philippines and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,112 miles (or 9,837 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 Butuan-Bancasi Airport and Nanyuki Airfield, 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 Butuan-Bancasi Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU):

• Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Butuan-Bancasi Airport", another name for BXU is "Paliparan ng Bancasi Tugpahanan sa Bancasi".
• Because of Butuan-Bancasi Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Butuan-Bancasi 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.
• Butuan-Bancasi Airport handled 308,405 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Butuan-Bancasi Airport (meaning Butuan-Bancasi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) is Tandag Airport (TDG), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) E of BXU.

Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):

• The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
• Nanyuki Airfield is a government-owned, privately leased airfield, serving private and commercial air operators.
• The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• In the late 1960s the Nanyuki Airfield was originally along the Nanyuki – Rumuruti Road.
• Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".