Nonstop flight route between Butare, Rwanda and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda and Eppley Airfield (OMA), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,143 miles (or 13,104 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 Eppley Airfield, 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 Eppley Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Butare Airport (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.
• In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
• 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.
• Butare Airport (BTQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Butare Airport (BTQ) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BTQ.
• Butare Airport, is located in the city of Butare, in Huye District, Southern Province.

Facts about Eppley Airfield (OMA):

• Eppley Airfield has three terminals and two passenger concourses.
• Midwest Airlines established a focus city at Eppley Airfield, which has expanded since that airline's merger with Frontier Airlines.
• The closest airport to Eppley Airfield (OMA) is Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) ESE of OMA.
• Eppley on June 16, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River floods
• Several films have used Eppley for a few scenes including the 2002 feature film About Schmidt which included scenes filmed inside and outside the terminal building, and the 2009 feature film Up in the Air which made use of the south end of the terminal building during filming.
• Because of Eppley Airfield's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Eppley Airfield 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.
• Eppley Airfield handled 4,000,000 passengers last year.
• The North Terminal houses ticketing, baggage claim and security screening for airlines served by Concourse B, as well as half of the rental car counters.
• The furthest airport from Eppley Airfield (OMA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,676 miles (17,182 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On August 6, 1966 Braniff Airways Flight 250 left Kansas City Downtown Airport headed for Eppley and crashed near Falls City, Nebraska, killing all 42 on board.
• Eppley Airfield (OMA) has 3 runways.