Nonstop flight route between Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Harare, Zimbabwe:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wainwright Airport (AIN), Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,766 miles (or 14,107 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 Wainwright Airport and Harare 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 Wainwright Airport and Harare 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: | AIN / PAWI |
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Location: | Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°38'17"N by 159°59'40"W |
Area Served: | Wainwright, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | North Slope Borough |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 45 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AIN |
More Information: | AIN Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Wainwright Airport (AIN):
- The radar station was upgraded in the late 1980s with new radars and in 1989 was re-designated part of the North Warning System as a Long Range Radar Site, A-16, controlled by the Pacific Air Forces 611th Air Support Group, based at Elmendorf AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Wainwright Airport", another name for AIN is "AWI".
- Wainwright Airport (AIN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Wainwright Airport (AIN) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,348 miles (16,654 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Because of Wainwright Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Wainwright 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 closest airport to Wainwright Airport (AIN) is Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport (ATK), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) E of AIN.
- Wainwright Airport resides at elevation of 45 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- The new Salisbury Airport was finally commissioned on 1 July 1956.
- Because of a decline in tourism numbers, due to internal political conflicts since 2000, few major airlines now use the airport.
- Also in 1949 the Minister of Mines and Transport set up an Airport Panel to co-ordinate the construction of the airport.
- Later the same year, an Airfield Construction Unit was formed to undertake an extensive search for a suitable site for a national 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.