Nonstop flight route between Afton, Wyoming, United States and Gaborone, Botswana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Afton Municipal Airport (AFO), Afton, Wyoming, United States and Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE), Gaborone, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,695 miles (or 15,602 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 Afton Municipal Airport and Sir Seretse Khama 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 Afton Municipal Airport and Sir Seretse Khama 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 Afton Municipal Airport (AFO):

• The furthest airport from Afton Municipal Airport (AFO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,817 miles (17,408 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Afton Municipal Airport", another name for AFO is "Afton-Lincoln County Airport".
• Afton Municipal Airport (AFO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Afton Municipal Airport (AFO) is Miley Memorial Field (BPI), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) E of AFO.
• Afton Municipal Airport is a town-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Afton, a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.
• Because of Afton Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,221 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AFO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AFO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE):

• Botswana Defence Force Air Wing VIP Flight Wing is based at the airport.
• Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, located 15 kilometres north of Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana.
• The furthest airport from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (meaning Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,149 miles (19,552 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SSW of GBE.
• On October 11, 1999, an Air Botswana pilot, Captain Chris Phatswe, commandeered a parked Aérospatiale ATR 42 aircraft A2-ABB without authorization in the early morning and took off.
• Old interior of Khama Airport
• Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Airline sources say the pilot had been grounded on medical reasons, refused reinstatement and regrounded until February 2000.