Nonstop flight route between Butare, Rwanda and Hemet, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT), Hemet, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,400 miles (or 15,129 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 Butare Airport and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field, 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 Butare Airport and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTQ / HRYI |
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| Location: | Butare, Rwanda |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°35'42"S by 29°44'23"E |
| Area Served: | Butare, Rwanda |
| Operator/Owner: | Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5801 feet (1,768 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BTQ |
| More Information: | BTQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HMT / KHMT |
| Airport Name: | Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field |
| Location: | Hemet, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°44'2"N by 117°1'20"W |
| Area Served: | Hemet, California |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Riverside |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1512 feet (461 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HMT |
| More Information: | HMT Maps & Info |
Facts about Butare Airport (BTQ):
- Butare Airport is an airport in Rwanda.
- Butare Airport (BTQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Butare Airport (BTQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,946 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
- The closest airport to Butare Airport (BTQ) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BTQ.
- Because of Butare Airport's high elevation of 5,801 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
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Facts about Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT):
- The United States Forest Service commenced air tanker loading operations in 1957, and in 1959 California Division of Forestry began their operation at Ryan field.
- Apart from hosting Cal Fire air attack operations, the Hemet-Ryan is also home to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department aviation unit.
- Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) is Banning Municipal Airport (BNG), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NE of HMT.
- The furthest airport from Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,471 miles (18,460 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport was inactivated in December 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program, the airfield was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers.
- For over 50 years, Hemet-Ryan was a popular site for operating sailplanes.
- In 1992 Cal Fire acquired several of the larger Bell UH-1H helicopters with Hemet-Ryan Helitack receiving one of the first buildups.
- The airfield was opened in September 1940 by the United States Army Air Corps.
