Nonstop flight route between Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States and Kigoma, Tanzania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States and Kigoma Airport (TKQ), Kigoma, Tanzania would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,382 miles (or 13,489 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 Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport and Kigoma 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 Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport and Kigoma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RVS / KRVS |
Airport Name: | Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport |
Location: | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°2'22"N by 95°59'4"W |
Area Served: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Tulsa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 638 feet (194 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RVS |
More Information: | RVS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TKQ / HTKA |
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Location: | Kigoma, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°53'5"S by 29°40'13"E |
Area Served: | Kigoma |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2700 feet (823 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TKQ |
More Information: | TKQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS):
- Because of Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport's relatively low elevation of 638 feet, planes can take off or land at Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. 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.
- Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,754 miles (17,306 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In 2009 and again in 2010 the Tulsa Airport Authority held a fundraising golf tournament to create what they called "a first-class observation area" in an effort to discourage drivers from pulling over on 91st street directly adjacent to the airport to watch the aircraft landing.
- The closest airport to Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS) is Tulsa International Airport (TUL), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) NNE of RVS.
Facts about Kigoma Airport (TKQ):
- The closest airport to Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Kalemie Airport (FMI), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) SSW of TKQ.
- The furthest airport from Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Kigoma Airport handled 37,652 passengers last year.
- Kigoma Airport (TKQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kigoma Airport", another name for TKQ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kigoma (Swahili)".