Nonstop flight route between Bujumbura, Burundi and Perth, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), Bujumbura, Burundi and Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,901 miles (or 9,496 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 Perth 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 Perth 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):

• Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 handled 177,642 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Bujumbura International Airport", another name for BJM is "Aéroport international de Bujumbura".
• 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.

Facts about Perth Airport (PER):

• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
• In the late 1980s the Federal Government, as a prelude to eventual privatisation, formed the Federal Airports Corporation.
• The two domestic terminals are side by side and about 12 km from the Perth CBD, while the international terminal is 17 km from Perth.
• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
• The Guildford Aerodrome as it was then known was at best only a basic airfield.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Towards the mid-1950s, airline travel was still only being used by a small percentage of the population.
• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.