Nonstop flight route between Gitega, Burundi and Kaunas, Lithuania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gitega Airport (GID), Gitega, Burundi and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,049 miles (or 6,516 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 Gitega Airport and Kaunas 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 Gitega Airport and Kaunas International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GID / HBBE |
| Airport Name: | Gitega Airport |
| Location: | Gitega, Burundi |
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°25'58"S by 29°55'1"E |
| Area Served: | Gitega, Burundi |
| Elevation: | 5741 feet (1,750 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from GID |
| More Information: | GID Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUN / EYKA |
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| Location: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°57'50"N by 24°5'4"E |
| Area Served: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KUN |
| More Information: | KUN Maps & Info |
Facts about Gitega Airport (GID):
- The closest airport to Gitega Airport (GID) is Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of 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.
Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):
- In 2012 Kaunas Airport accounted 25% of total passenger market in all Lithuanian airports.
- Kaunas International Airport started operations in 1988 when airport activities were moved from the historic S.
- Busiest airports by passenger traffic in the Baltic States
- In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
- The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
- The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The ground level is designated arrival area and fully complies with Schengen regulations.
- FL Technics has announced its plans to invest almost 4 million US dollars into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly launched MRO hangar in Kaunas.
- Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas International 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.
- In 2008 the new three-storey terminal building has been opened for passenger operations.
