Nonstop flight route between Bujumbura, Burundi and Bangalore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), Bujumbura, Burundi and Kempegowda International Airport (BLR), Bangalore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,509 miles (or 5,647 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 Bujumbura International Airport and Kempegowda 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 Bujumbura International Airport and Kempegowda 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 Bujumbura International Airport (BJM):

• The closest airport to Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Gitega Airport (GID), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of BJM.
• Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bujumbura International Airport handled 177,642 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,967 miles (19,260 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• In addition to being known as "Bujumbura International Airport", another name for BJM is "Aéroport international de Bujumbura".

Facts about Kempegowda International Airport (BLR):

• The airport project started as a public-private joint venture between Germany's Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, Government of Karnataka and Airports Authority of India.
• The airport has 38 gates, 20 aero-bridges, including three double arm, and 18 remote bus bays.
• Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 21 January 2011, a new VIP departure and arrival lounge was inaugurated.
• The closest airport to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) is Mysore Airport (MYQ), which is located 97 miles (157 kilometers) SW of BLR.
• Kempegowda International Airport handled about 12.6 million passengers and had air traffic movements of about 330 per day in 2011.
• BIAL is a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act formed to build, own and operate Kempegowda International Airport.
• On 27 February 2009, the Government of Karnataka forwarded the proposal to the central government to rename the airport after the city's founder, Kempe Gowda I.
• Kempegowda International Airport was expected to be inaugurated on 30 March 2008, but due to delays in air traffic control services, it was finally inaugurated on 23 May 2008 just before midnight when a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai landed.
• The airport can handle 20 million people per annum with 35 aircraft movements per hour and an estimated 576 movements.
• The furthest airport from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,368 miles (18,294 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.