Nonstop flight route between Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada and Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YRI to GOM:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YRI Airport Information
- GOM Airport Information
- Facts about YRI
- Facts about GOM
- Map of Nearest Airports to YRI
- List of Nearest Airports to YRI
- Map of Furthest Airports from YRI
- List of Furthest Airports from YRI
- Map of Nearest Airports to GOM
- List of Nearest Airports to GOM
- Map of Furthest Airports from GOM
- List of Furthest Airports from GOM
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI), Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada and Goma Airport (GOM), Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,713 miles (or 10,804 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 Rivière-du-Loup Airport and Goma 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 Rivière-du-Loup Airport and Goma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YRI / CYRI |
Airport Name: | Rivière-du-Loup Airport |
Location: | Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'51"N by 69°35'3"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aviation MH Inc. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 426 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YRI |
More Information: | YRI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOM / FZNA |
Airport Name: | Goma Airport |
Location: | Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°40'11"S by 29°14'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5089 feet (1,551 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GOM |
More Information: | GOM Maps & Info |
Facts about Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI):
- The closest airport to Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) is Charlevoix Airport (YML), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WSW of YRI.
- Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,473 miles (18,463 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Rivière-du-Loup Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Rivière-du-Loup 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.
Facts about Goma Airport (GOM):
- The furthest airport from Goma Airport (GOM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,981 miles (19,282 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Goma Airport (GOM) is Gisenyi Airport (GYI), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of GOM.
- Because of Goma Airport's high elevation of 5,089 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- On 19 November 2009, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Flight 3711, operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-82 9Q-CAB overran the runway on landing, suffering substantial damage.
- At 17:55 local time on 4 March 2013, a Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 from Lodja crashed short of landing in heavy rain, into a residential area.
- Goma Airport (GOM) currently has only 1 runway.