Nonstop flight route between Rukumkot, Nepal and Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK), Rukumkot, Nepal and Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN), Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,433 miles (or 8,743 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 Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport and Bloemfontein 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 Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport and Bloemfontein 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: | RUK / VNRK |
Airport Name: | Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport |
Location: | Rukumkot, Nepal |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°37'37"N by 82°11'39"E |
Area Served: | Rukumkot, Nepal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2500 feet (762 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from RUK |
More Information: | RUK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFN / FABL |
Airport Name: | Bloemfontein International Airport |
Location: | Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°5'38"S by 26°18'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | ACSA South African Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 4457 feet (1,358 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BFN |
More Information: | BFN Maps & Info |
Facts about Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK):
- The furthest airport from Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK) is Jumla Airport (JUM), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of RUK.
Facts about Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN):
- Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) has 2 runways.
- In 2012, the airport served 426,420 passengers.
- The closest airport to Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) is Mafeteng Airport (MFC), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) SE of BFN.
- Because of Bloemfontein International Airport's high elevation of 4,457 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BFN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BFN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is located 11,855 miles (19,079 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
- In November 2012, the South African government announced that the airport's name was to be changed to Bram Fischer International Airport.