Nonstop flight route between Nairobi, Kenya and Tengah, Singapore:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wilson Airport (WIL), Nairobi, Kenya and Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), Tengah, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,625 miles (or 7,444 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 Wilson Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB), 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 Wilson Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WIL / HKNW |
Airport Name: | Wilson Airport |
Location: | Nairobi, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°19'12"S by 36°48'53"E |
Area Served: | Nairobi |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 5546 feet (1,690 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WIL |
More Information: | WIL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGA / WSAT |
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Location: | Tengah, Singapore |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°23'13"N by 103°42'30"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |
Airport Type: | Military airbase |
Elevation: | 50 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from TGA |
More Information: | TGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Wilson Airport (WIL):
- In 2012 Kiss TV did a 15-minute report called dying Wilson.
- Because of Wilson Airport's high elevation of 5,546 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at WIL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make WIL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Wilson Airport (WIL) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of WIL.
- Airkenya and other small airlines use Wilson Airport for scheduled domestic passenger services, instead of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
- The furthest airport from Wilson Airport (WIL) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,619 miles (18,698 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Wilson Airport (WIL) has 2 runways.
- The airport serves domestic and international traffic.
- Wilson Airport, is in Nairobi County, in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest metropolitan centre in that country.
Facts about Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA):
- In addition to being known as "Tengah Air Base (TAB)", other names for TGA include "登加空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Tengah".
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- Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) has 3 runways.
- Because of Tengah Air Base (TAB)'s relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Tengah Air Base (TAB) 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.
- The furthest airport from Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (meaning Tengah Air Base (TAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- According to British MoD documents declassified in 2000, up to 48 Red Beard tactical nuclear weapons were secretly stowed in a highly secured weapons storage facility at Tengah, between 1962 and 1970, for possible use by the V bomber force detachment and for Britain's military commitment to South East Asia Treaty Organization.
- The closest airport to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of TGA.
- Prior to Singapore's independence, it was a flying Royal Air Force station known as RAF Tengah.