Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT), Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,881 miles (or 14,293 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 Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos 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 Harare International Airport and Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International 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):

• Commissioned in 1956 and officially opened on 5 February 1957, Salisbury Airport cost £924'000 to build.
• Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
• Also in 1949 the Minister of Mines and Transport set up an Airport Panel to co-ordinate the construction of the 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.
• 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.
• In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
• Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
• The airport is today operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and is the hub of Air Zimbabwe.

Facts about Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT):

• The furthest airport from Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,573 miles (18,626 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT) is Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA), which is located 116 miles (187 kilometers) E of MTT.
• Because of Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International 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 "Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport", another name for MTT is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Minatitlán".
• Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT) currently has only 1 runway.