Nonstop flight route between Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bridgetown, Barbados:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kuvumu Airport (BKY), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), Bridgetown, Barbados would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,140 miles (or 9,882 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 Kuvumu Airport and Grantley Adams 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 Kuvumu Airport and Grantley Adams 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: | BKY / FZMA | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°18'32"S by 28°48'30"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5643 feet (1,720 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BKY | 
| More Information: | BKY Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGI / TBPB | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Bridgetown, Barbados | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°4'28"N by 59°29'32"W | 
| Area Served: | Barbados | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Barbados | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BGI | 
| More Information: | BGI Maps & Info | 
Facts about Kuvumu Airport (BKY):
- The closest airport to Kuvumu Airport (BKY) is Goma Airport (GOM), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NE of BKY.
- Kuvumu Airport (BKY) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kuvumu Airport", other names for BKY include "Bukavu Kuvumu Airport" and "Kuvumu Airport (Bukavu)".
- The furthest airport from Kuvumu Airport (BKY) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Kuvumu Airport (meaning Kuvumu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,011 miles (19,330 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Because of Kuvumu Airport's high elevation of 5,643 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BKY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BKY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI):
- Grantley Adams International Airport, as it is known today, handles most large aircraft including Boeing 747s.
- The closest airport to Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Hewanorra International Airport (UVF), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of BGI.
- During the 1960s the eastern flight-range just south-east of the airport became known as Paragon.
- Grantley Adams International Airport, is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados.
- Grantley Adams International Airport lies 12.9 km from the centre of the capital city Bridgetown, in an area officially known as Seawell.
- Grantley Adams International Airport has two terminal buildings designed to appear as one single continuous structure.
- The Airport has a single east-westerly runway, connected by five taxiway intersections with the aircraft parking area which is adjacent to the main terminals.
- The furthest airport from Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) is Tardamu Airport (SAU), which is nearly antipodal to Grantley Adams International Airport (meaning Grantley Adams International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tardamu Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,684 kilometers) away in Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 52 metres above mean sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Grantley Adams International Airport", another name for BGI is "78954[1][2][4]".
- Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) currently has only 1 runway.




