Nonstop flight route between Hukuntsi, Botswana and Bissau, Guinea-Bissau:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hukuntsi Airport (HUK), Hukuntsi, Botswana and Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB), Bissau, Guinea-Bissau would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,539 miles (or 5,696 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 Hukuntsi Airport and Osvaldo Vieira 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 Hukuntsi Airport and Osvaldo Vieira 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 Hukuntsi Airport (HUK):

• The furthest airport from Hukuntsi Airport (HUK) is Princeville Airport (HPV), which is nearly antipodal to Hukuntsi Airport (meaning Hukuntsi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Princeville Airport), and is located 12,292 miles (19,782 kilometers) away in Hanalei, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Hukuntsi Airport (HUK) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is located 159 miles (256 kilometers) N of HUK.

Facts about Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB):

• On December 10, 2013, TAP Portugal suspended operations to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport after the local police forces under threatened the crew of Flight TP202 destined for Lisbon and forced the crew to board 74 Syrian refugees, who have arrived in Bissau via Morocco and Turkey and who were holding falsified Turkish passports.
• Because of Osvaldo Vieira International Airport's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Osvaldo Vieira 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.
• The furthest airport from Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (meaning Osvaldo Vieira International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
• The airport had to be closed on June 7, 1998 due to intense fighting in and around Bissau.
• The closest airport to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) is Bubaque Airport (BQE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSW of OXB.
• Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Currently, Senegal Airlines has a daily flight to Dakar, which continues to Praia twice a week.
• Airlines that have served the airport in the past include Air Afrique, Air France, Aeroflot, Cubana, Air Senegal International, Air Bissau, TACV, TAAG, TAP Portugal, Halcyonair, and Mauritania Airlines International.