Nonstop flight route between Gitega, Burundi and Zamboanga City, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gitega Airport (GID), Gitega, Burundi and Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), Zamboanga City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,394 miles (or 10,290 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 Zamboanga 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 Zamboanga 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: | ZAM / RPMZ | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Zamboanga City, Philippines | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°55'21"N by 122°3'34"E | 
| Area Served: | Zamboanga City | 
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public | 
| Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZAM | 
| More Information: | ZAM Maps & Info | 
Facts about Gitega Airport (GID):
- 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 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.
- The closest airport to Gitega Airport (GID) is Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of GID.
Facts about Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM):
- Because of Zamboanga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Zamboanga 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 addition to being known as "Zamboanga International Airport", another name for ZAM is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng ZamboangaAeropuerto Internacional de Zamboanga".
- Zamboanga International Airport handled 904,668 passengers last year.
- March 6, 2009 - Released the feasibility study of Zamboanga International Airport Development Project by the Department of Transportation and Communication.
- The airport, like all other international airports in the Philippines, has runway lights, which make it possible to support night landings.
- Due to the US-RP Agreement, the US Air force used the airport while the Balikatan exercises were held in the city.
- The closest airport to Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Ipil Airport (IPE), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNE of ZAM.
- The furthest airport from Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to Zamboanga International Airport (meaning Zamboanga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,209 miles (19,648 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
- On December 10, 2004, South Phoenix Airways announced their international flights to Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, but it was eventually cut due to poor load of passengers.
- Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) currently has only 1 runway.




