Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Gwadar, Pakistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Gwadar International Airport (GWD), Gwadar, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,648 miles (or 5,871 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 Harare International Airport and Gwadar International 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 Harare International Airport and Gwadar International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRE / FVHA |
Airport Name: | Harare International Airport |
Location: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°55'54"S by 31°5'34"E |
Area Served: | Harare |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 4887 feet (1,490 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HRE |
More Information: | HRE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWD / OPGD |
Airport Name: | Gwadar International Airport |
Location: | Gwadar, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°13'59"N by 62°19'45"E |
Area Served: | Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 96 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWD |
More Information: | GWD Maps & Info |
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
- The airport is today operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and is the hub of Air Zimbabwe.
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
- Because of Harare International Airport's high elevation of 4,887 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Civil aviation regulatory authority, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has its head office on level 3 of the new International Terminal.
- The furthest airport from Harare International Airport (HRE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Harare International Airport (meaning Harare International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Gwadar International Airport (GWD):
- Because of Gwadar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Gwadar International Airport 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 Gwadar International Airport (GWD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,908 miles (19,165 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Gwadar International Airport (GWD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gwadar International Airport (GWD) is Jiwani (JIW), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WSW of GWD.
- Pakistan anticipates Gwadar becoming a regional economic hub and, in preparation for this, has issued a directive for the development of New Gwadar International Airport.