Nonstop flight route between Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Bayankhongor, Mongolia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Bayankhongor Airport (BYN), Bayankhongor, Mongolia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,736 miles (or 10,841 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Bayankhongor 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Bayankhongor Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JNB / FAOR |
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Location: | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°8'21"S by 28°14'45"E |
Area Served: | Johannesburg, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Company South Africa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5558 feet (1,694 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from JNB |
More Information: | JNB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYN / ZMBH |
Airport Name: | Bayankhongor Airport |
Location: | Bayankhongor, Mongolia |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°10'14"N by 100°42'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 6085 feet (1,855 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BYN |
More Information: | BYN Maps & Info |
Facts about O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB):
- A second terminal between the two runways has also been mooted, which is proposed for completion by 2012.
- O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) has 2 runways.
- Critics noted the considerable expense involved in renaming the airport, and the decision to use a politician as the name would be obscure, confusing and in some instances, offensive.
- The airport was founded in 1952 as "Jan Smuts Airport", two years after his death, near the town of Kempton Park on the East Rand.
- The closest airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of JNB.
- In addition to being known as "O. R. Tambo International Airport", another name for JNB is "Johannesburg International Airport".
- There are two parallel north-south runways and a disused cross runway.
- The furthest airport from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,979 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- The new International Pier development will increase international arrivals and departures capacity in a double storey structure with nine additional airside contact stands, four of which are Airbus A380 compatible.
- O. R. Tambo International Airport handled 18,794,897 passengers last year.
- Because of O. R. Tambo International Airport's high elevation of 5,558 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Bayankhongor Airport (BYN):
- Bayankhongor Airport (BYN) has 2 runways.
- Because of Bayankhongor Airport's high elevation of 6,085 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BYN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BYN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Bayankhongor Airport (BYN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Bayankhongor Airport (meaning Bayankhongor Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,110 miles (19,490 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
- The closest airport to Bayankhongor Airport (BYN) is Arvaykheer Airport (AVK), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) E of BYN.
- Bayankhongor Airport handled 2,192 passengers last year.