Nonstop flight route between Butare, Rwanda and Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda and Wick Airport (WIC), Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,587 miles (or 7,382 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 Wick 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 Butare Airport and Wick Airport. 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: | WIC / EGPC | 
| Airport Name: | Wick Airport | 
| Location: | Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 58°27'32"N by 3°5'35"W | 
| Area Served: | Wick, Highland | 
| Airport Type: | Private | 
| Elevation: | 126 feet (38 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from WIC | 
| More Information: | WIC Maps & Info | 
Facts about Butare Airport (BTQ):
- In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
 - Butare Airport is an airport in Rwanda.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 
Facts about Wick Airport (WIC):
- Wick Airport is located 1 nautical mile north of the town of Wick in Caithness at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland.
 - The furthest airport from Wick Airport (WIC) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,559 miles (18,602 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
 - The closest airport to Wick Airport (WIC) is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) N of WIC.
 - Wick was originally a grass airfield, used by Captain E.
 - Wick Airport (WIC) has 2 runways.
 - Because of Wick Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Wick 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.
 
