Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Surat, Gujarat, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Surat Airport (STV), Surat, Gujarat, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,902 miles (or 6,280 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 Surat 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 Surat 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: | STV / VASU |
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Location: | Surat, Gujarat, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°7'3"N by 72°44'42"E |
Area Served: | Surat |
Airport Type: | Public, Domestic |
Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from STV |
More Information: | STV Maps & Info |
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- The airport is today operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and is the hub of Air Zimbabwe.
- Air Rhodesia established its headquarters at the airport in 1967, and since Independence in 1980, Air Rhodesia's successor, Air Zimbabwe, has maintained the status-quo with its head office, too, located at the 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.
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
- In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
- 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.
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Surat Airport (STV):
- Because of Surat Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Surat 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.
- A new Surat airport terminal building was inaugurated on 27 February 2009 by Union Minister of State for Petroleum Dinsha Patel, in the absence of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who had to cancel his visit due to unavoidable circumstances.
- Surat Airport is built by the State government of Gujarat.
- Surat Airport is a domestic airport, located in Magdala, 11 kilometres south-west of Surat in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.
- The closest airport to Surat Airport (STV) is Daman Airport (NMB), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) S of STV.
- The furthest airport from Surat Airport (STV) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,997 miles (19,308 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Surat Airport", another name for STV is "સુરત એરપોર્ટ".