Closest capitals through the alphabet

Start at Abu Dhabi, and go to the closest capital one letter later in the alphabet that has not been used before, skipping letters as needed if no capitals are left that start with that letter. Each capital will be used only once.

Distance is in km, direction is in degrees from north

Colombo and Melekeok are used as capitals of Sri Lanka and Palau, respectively

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Initial letter	Distance	Direction	Capital
A			Abu Dhabi
B	1381	315	Baghdad
C	1298	253	Cairo
D	612	51	Damascus
F	5774	241	Freetown
G	4958	267	Georgetown
H	3161	305	Havana
I	13199	85	Islamabad
J	3532	266	Jerusalem
K	1252	102	Kuwait City
L	3446	302	Ljubljana
M	616	245	Monaco
N	2415	113	Nicosia
O	3200	329	Oslo
P	1118	168	Prague
Q	10239	238	Quito
R	2550	47	Roseau
S	207	346	Saint John's
T	2738	263	Tegucigalpa
U	12998	284	Ulaanbaatar
V	3344	187	Vientiane
W	7880	298	Warsaw
Y	2238	127	Yerevan
Z	2395	285	Zagreb
A	1080	144	Athens
B	744	16	Bucharest
C	357	37	Chisinau
D	2576	286	Dublin
F	15011	248	Funafuti
G	10285	75	Guatemala City
H	9940	62	Helsinki
J	6162	175	Juba
K	514	168	Kampala
L	1585	175	Lilongwe
M	1058	76	Moroni
N	1354	328	Nairobi
O	1804	271	Ouagadougou
P	782	145	Porto-Novo
R	3198	342	Rabat
S	1993	56	San Marino
T	670	116	Tirana
V	617	276	Vatican City
W	7152	176	Windhoek
Y	2985	348	Yaounde
A	726	322	Abuja
B	1328	113	Bangui
C	3606	279	Conakry
D	702	324	Dakar
G	6412	133	Gaborone
H	925	35	Harare
J	8305	81	Jakarta
K	1183	331	Kuala Lumpur
L	8335	256	Lusaka
M	1244	166	Mbabane
N	4594	338	N'Djamena
O	11853	295	Ottawa
P	2996	174	Port-au-Prince
R	6302	38	Reykjavik
S	2140	104	Stockholm
T	380	88	Tallinn
V	530	177	Vilnius
W	7291	257	Washington
Y	7960	116	Yamoussoukro
A	579	104	Accra
B	1162	313	Bamako
C	5094	21	Copenhagen
D	4520	114	Dushanbe
H	4037	119	Hanoi
K	2206	290	Kathmandu
L	6963	290	Luxembourg
M	1280	217	Madrid
N	2741	205	Nouakchott
P	877	246	Praia
R	4567	49	Rome
S	525	65	Sarajevo
T	1045	222	Tunis
V	403	105	Valletta
W	18206	118	Wellington
Y	4580	350	Yaren
A	2769	122	Apia
B	8354	284	Bandar Seri Begawan
C	3892	273	Colombo
D	2173	31	Dhaka
H	8399	116	Honiara
K	10672	297	Kabul
L	5720	289	London
M	1878	82	Minsk
N	4875	125	New Delhi
P	3443	123	Phnom Penh
R	6282	283	Riyadh
S	1066	194	Sanaa
T	2365	18	Tehran
V	3185	296	Vienna
A	939	300	Amsterdam
B	174	192	Brussels
C	7087	235	Castries
D	10908	102	Dodoma
K	785	307	Kigali
L	2013	248	Luanda

Initial letter	Distance	Direction	Capital
M	1477	341	Malabo
N	1305	326	Niamey
P	3607	27	Podgorica
R	1650	12	Riga
S	1586	182	Sofia
T	1407	219	Tripoli
V	1614	349	Vaduz
A	815	231	Andorra la Vella
B	681	43	Bern
C	7975	240	Caracas
D	11918	89	Djibouti
K	1229	291	Khartoum
L	3040	236	Libreville
M	2342	286	Monrovia
N	7359	286	Nassau
P	1793	187	Panama City
S	512	282	San Jose
T	11411	265	Tarawa
V	13085	267	Victoria
A	1800	208	Antananarivo
B	3861	295	Brazzaville
C	13511	104	Canberra
D	3809	321	Dili
K	11094	305	Kiev
L	3359	247	Lisbon
M	3914	61	Moscow
N	6758	129	Nay Pyi Taw
P	3556	53	Pyongyang
S	195	147	Seoul
T	1155	100	Tokyo
A	5569	287	Astana
B	954	166	Bishkek
D	2870	227	Doha
K	5102	230	Kinshasa
L	1948	307	Lome
M	4827	145	Maseru
N	13919	87	Nuku'alofa
P	1770	282	Port Vila
S	1073	92	Suva
T	7801	308	Taipei
A	6052	284	Ashgabat
B	781	290	Baku
K	10787	254	Kingstown
L	3288	212	Lima
M	2861	339	Managua
P	2703	93	Port of Spain
S	156	351	Saint George's
T	10463	72	Tbilisi
A	1029	259	Ankara
B	709	161	Beirut
K	10836	261	Kingston
M	2359	274	Mexico City
P	4988	108	Paramaribo
S	2131	311	Santo Domingo
T	12171	79	Tashkent
A	3128	251	Amman
B	1959	317	Belgrade
M	3390	127	Manama
P	3235	304	Pristina
S	78	164	Skopje
T	6283	105	Thimphu
A	5351	256	Asmara
B	2323	207	Bujumbura
M	1876	71	Mogadishu
P	2791	152	Port Louis
S	5583	65	Singapore
A	7259	277	Addis Ababa
B	4653	336	Budapest
M	4385	127	Muscat
P	5617	300	Paris
S	5393	176	Sao Tome
A	4050	355	Algiers
B	1710	42	Bratislava
M	7225	132	Male
P	5903	236	Pretoria
S	9232	265	Santiago
A	1551	54	Asuncion
B	1035	184	Buenos Aires
M	203	99	Montevideo
P	14519	280	Port Moresby
S	13882	79	San Salvador
B	397	6	Belmopan
M	10823	264	Majuro
P	1461	269	Palikir
S	15151	101	Sucre
B	1876	79	Brasilia
M	8333	98	Maputo
B	6688	309	Bissau
M	14415	89	Manila
B	2212	268	Bangkok
M	3793	101	Melekeok
B	4024	333	Beijing
B	7376	280	Berlin
B	5087	212	Banjul
B	4658	270	Bridgetown
B	572	324	Basseterre
B	1871	221	Bogota

Level 76

Nov 24, 2014

Yes! Made it after many attempts. Lots of fun!

Level 67

Jan 29, 2015

from Havana to Islamabad the direction should be 23 degree. See http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=hav-isb

Level 90

Jan 29, 2015

Oh the joys of great circles. The bearing all depends on how you calculate distances.

Level 42

Jun 26, 2015

Ljubljana doesn't start with L. It starts with Lj (Lj is one letter)

it is written like this in Cyrillic- Љ

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Oct 25, 2016

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