Nonstop flight route between Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Gitega, Burundi:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK), Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Gitega Airport (GID), Gitega, Burundi would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,538 miles (or 7,303 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport and Gitega 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport and Gitega Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK):

• The closest airport to Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Sligo Airport (SXL), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of ENK.
• The airfield was originally established in April 1941 as a relief landing ground for RAF Aldergrove.
• Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,887 miles (19,129 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• At Enniskillen airport there are two helicopter maintenance facilities.
• In addition to being known as "Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport", another name for ENK is "St Angelo".
• The station later became a centre of helicopter operations over Northern Ireland when St Angelo was transferred to the Army and used as an accommodation barracks by both the British Army and Ulster Defence Regiment during The Troubles in the province, with most personnel housed in a vast array of temporary portacabins.
• Because of Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport's relatively low elevation of 155 feet, planes can take off or land at Enniskillen/St Angelo 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.

Facts about Gitega Airport (GID):

• The furthest airport from Gitega Airport (GID) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,925 miles (19,192 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Because of Gitega Airport's high elevation of 5,741 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GID. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GID a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Gitega Airport (GID) is Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of GID.