Nonstop flight route between Ghanzi, Botswana and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), Ghanzi, Botswana and Honolulu International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,399 miles (or 19,955 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 Ghanzi Airport and Honolulu 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 Ghanzi Airport and Honolulu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between GNZ and HNL makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Ghanzi Airport and Honolulu International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between GNZ and HNL are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Ghanzi, Botswana and Honolulu, Hawaii, United States by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between GNZ and HNL!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GNZ / FBGZ |
Airport Name: | Ghanzi Airport |
Location: | Ghanzi, Botswana |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°41'36"S by 21°39'28"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from GNZ |
More Information: | GNZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HNL / PHNL |
Airport Name: | Honolulu International Airport |
Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°19'6"N by 157°55'21"W |
Area Served: | Honolulu, Island of O'ahu |
Operator/Owner: | State of Hawaii |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 6 |
View all routes: | Routes from HNL |
More Information: | HNL Maps & Info |
Facts about Ghanzi Airport (GNZ):
- In terms of passenger and aircraft movements, the current Ghanzi Airport can be classified as a marginal airport.
- Because of Ghanzi Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ghanzi 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.
- The furthest airport from Ghanzi Airport (GNZ) is Dillingham Airfield (HDH), which is nearly antipodal to Ghanzi Airport (meaning Ghanzi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dillingham Airfield), and is located 12,425 miles (19,995 kilometers) away in Mokuleia, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Ghanzi Airport (GNZ) is Hukuntsi Airport (HUK), which is located 159 miles (256 kilometers) S of GNZ.
Facts about Honolulu International Airport (HNL):
- Pan Am used Honolulu as a transpacific hub for many years, initially as a connecting point between the West Coast and Polynesia in 1946, followed by service to East Asia through Midway Island and Wake Island from 1947.
- It is also the base for Aloha Air Cargo, which previously offered both passenger and cargo services under the name Aloha Airlines.
- The closest airport to Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is Hickam Field (HIK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HNL.
- The largest airline at Honolulu airport is Hawaiian Airlines offering 13,365 seats per day, which represents a 45% market share.
- Because of Honolulu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Honolulu 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.
- Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.
- Honolulu International Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi.
- Honolulu International Airport (HNL) has 6 runways.
- John Rodgers Airport was renamed Honolulu Airport in 1947.
- In addition to the four paved runways, Honolulu International Airport has two designated offshore runways designated 8W/26W and 4W/22W for use by seaplanes.
- The furthest airport from Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Honolulu International Airport (meaning Honolulu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ghanzi Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Ghanzi, Botswana.