Nonstop flight route between Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kalispell, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kuvumu Airport (BKY), Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Kalispell, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,578 miles (or 13,804 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 Glacier Park 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 Glacier Park 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 Kuvumu Airport (BKY):

• 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.
• Kuvumu Airport (BKY) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Kuvumu Airport (BKY) is Goma Airport (GOM), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NE of BKY.
• In addition to being known as "Kuvumu Airport", other names for BKY include "Bukavu Kuvumu Airport" and "Kuvumu Airport (Bukavu)".

Facts about Glacier Park International Airport (FCA):

• In addition to being known as "Glacier Park International Airport", another name for FCA is "GPI".
• The closest airport to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) N of FCA.
• Glacier International was announced by the FAA as one of the control towers losing funding March 22, 2012 leaving arrivals and departures to pilot control and communication.
• Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) has 2 runways.
• All flights at FCA by Delta Airlines and Delta Connection are jets.
• Glacier Park International Airport handled 355,928 passengers last year.
• Allegiant Air MD-80s fly nonstop to Las Vegas and Oakland several days a week.
• Service to Phoenix, Arizona on US Airways ended in 2007.
• Glacier Park International Airport is in Flathead County, Montana, six miles northeast of Kalispell.
• The furthest airport from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,533 miles (16,951 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Horizon Air operating as Alaska Airlines flies Bombardier Q400s daily to Seattle.