Nonstop flight route between Baise, Guangxi, China and Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baise Bama Airport (AEB), Baise, Guangxi, China and Goma Airport (GOM), Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,490 miles (or 8,836 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 Baise Bama Airport and Goma 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 Baise Bama Airport and Goma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AEB / ZGBS |
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Location: | Baise, Guangxi, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°43'9"N by 106°57'33"E |
Area Served: | Baise, Guangxi, China |
Operator/Owner: | Guangxi Airport Group |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 148 feet (45 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from AEB |
More Information: | AEB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOM / FZNA |
Airport Name: | Goma Airport |
Location: | Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°40'11"S by 29°14'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5089 feet (1,551 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GOM |
More Information: | GOM Maps & Info |
Facts about Baise Bama Airport (AEB):
- Baise Bama Airport handled 60,300 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Baise Bama Airport", other names for AEB include "百色巴马机场" and "Bǎisè Bāmǎ Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Baise Bama Airport (AEB) is Hechi Jinchengjiang Airport (HCJ), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) NNE of AEB.
- Because of Baise Bama Airport's relatively low elevation of 148 feet, planes can take off or land at Baise Bama 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 Baise Bama Airport (AEB) is Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF), which is nearly antipodal to Baise Bama Airport (meaning Baise Bama Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport)), and is located 12,271 miles (19,749 kilometers) away in Antofagasta, Chile.
Facts about Goma Airport (GOM):
- Goma Airport (GOM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Goma Airport (GOM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,981 miles (19,282 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- At 17:55 local time on 4 March 2013, a Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 from Lodja crashed short of landing in heavy rain, into a residential area.
- The closest airport to Goma Airport (GOM) is Gisenyi Airport (GYI), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of GOM.
- Initially built with a paved 3 km runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2002 eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo, 14 km to the north.
- Because of Goma Airport's high elevation of 5,089 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.