Nonstop flight route between Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vivigani Airport (VIV), Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,398 miles (or 3,859 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 Vivigani Airport and Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VIV / |
Airport Name: | Vivigani Airport |
Location: | Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°18'23"S by 150°19'11"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from VIV |
More Information: | VIV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DPS / WADD |
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Location: | Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°44'53"S by 115°10'3"E |
Area Served: | Denpasar |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Indonesia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DPS |
More Information: | DPS Maps & Info |
Facts about Vivigani Airport (VIV):
- The closest airport to Vivigani Airport (VIV) is Gurney Airport (GUR), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) S of VIV.
- The Royal Australian Air Force prepared the airfields, first building an emergency landing strip in April 1943.
- The furthest airport from Vivigani Airport (VIV) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The Australian 2/12th Battalion reached Vivigani on 27 October 1942, occupying the island after defeating the Imperial Japanese troops marooned on the island during World War II.
- Vivigani Airstrip was a general use airstrip until roughly 2006.
Facts about Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS):
- Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1942 the airstrip was in use to stage fighter and bomber operations and received bombing damage from Japanese forces.
- The earlier extension of the runway subsequently caused disruption of natural sand flow along the coast.
- The closest airport to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WNW of DPS.
- Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) handled 12,780,563 passengers last year.
- With about 12 to 15 percent passengers growth annually, the airport will reach 20 million passengers per annum in 2017, which is the current airport's full capacity.
- The furthest airport from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (meaning Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
- In addition to being known as "Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)", other names for DPS include "Bandar Udara Internasional Ngurah Rai (NRIA)" and "WADD formerly WRRR".
- Because of Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)'s relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) 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.
- In October 2010 former vice president Jusuf Kalla proposed a massive overhaul of the airport's facilities.