Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Kapolei, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Kalaeloa Airport (NAX), Kapolei, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,797 miles (or 18,985 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 Kalaeloa 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 Kalaeloa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):

• Later the same year, an Airfield Construction Unit was formed to undertake an extensive search for a suitable site for a national airport.
• The Southern Rhodesia government had appointed a Southern Rhodesia Aerodrome Board as early as January 1947, whose task was to advise the government on the selection, acquisition, construction and maintenance of government aerodromes and landing grounds in Southern Rhodesia.
• Because of a decline in tourism numbers, due to internal political conflicts since 2000, few major airlines now use the airport.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
• Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• The runway is used by both the civilian airport and the Air Force of Zimbabwe whose base is on the southern side of the runway.

Facts about Kalaeloa Airport (NAX):

• Because of Kalaeloa Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalaeloa 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kalaeloa Airport", other names for NAX include "John Rodgers Field", "none" and "JRF".
• Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Hickam Field (HIK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) E of NAX.
• The furthest airport from Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Kalaeloa Airport (meaning Kalaeloa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.