Nonstop flight route between Butare, Rwanda and Jacmel, Haiti:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda and Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,079 miles (or 11,392 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 Butare Airport and Jacmel 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 Butare Airport and Jacmel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Butare Airport (BTQ):

• Because of Butare Airport's high elevation of 5,801 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
• Butare Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Butare.
• The closest airport to Butare Airport (BTQ) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BTQ.
• The furthest airport from Butare Airport (BTQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,946 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Butare Airport (BTQ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Jacmel Airport (JAK):

• Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
• Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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 furthest airport from Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".
• Subsequent to the 7.0 magnitude 12 January 2010 earthquake, the airport was first used by Canadian Forces CH-146 Griffon helicopters on 14 January, to reconnoitre the area for relief efforts prior to the arrival of the main disaster assistance forces to be deployed at Jacmel.
• Prior to the January 2010 earthquake there was no air traffic control service at the airstrip, and its ramp area could only accommodate five aircraft at a time.