Nonstop flight route between Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia and Nanyuki, Kenya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kambalda Airport (KDB), Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,895 miles (or 9,486 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 Kambalda 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 Kambalda Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDB / YKBL |
Airport Name: | Kambalda Airport |
Location: | Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°11'24"S by 121°35'53"E |
Operator/Owner: | St Ives Gold Mine |
Elevation: | 1037 feet (316 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KDB |
More Information: | KDB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NYK / HKNY |
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Location: | Nanyuki, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°3'39"S by 37°2'30"E |
Area Served: | Nanyuki, and Northern Kenya |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 6250 feet (1,905 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NYK |
More Information: | NYK Maps & Info |
Facts about Kambalda Airport (KDB):
- The furthest airport from Kambalda Airport (KDB) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Kambalda Airport (meaning Kambalda Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,059 miles (19,408 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
- The closest airport to Kambalda Airport (KDB) is Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) NNW of KDB.
- Kambalda Airport (KDB) currently has only 1 runway.
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.
- 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.
- Offices and facilities have been built.
- 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.
- Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- At 1,905 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 1,200 metres in length.
- In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
- In the early 1990s the airfield became home to Tropic Air Kenya — a small air charter company operating single-engine Cessna aircraft and helicopters.