Nonstop flight route between Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Neiva, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Goma Airport (GOM), Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Benito Salas Airport (NVA), Neiva, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,227 miles (or 11,630 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 Goma Airport and Benito Salas 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 Goma Airport and Benito Salas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOM / FZNA | 
| Airport Name: | Goma Airport | 
| Location: | Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°40'11"S by 29°14'17"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5089 feet (1,551 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GOM | 
| More Information: | GOM Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NVA / SKNV | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Neiva, Colombia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°57'0"N by 75°17'38"W | 
| Area Served: | Neiva, Huila, Colombia | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1464 feet (446 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from NVA | 
| More Information: | NVA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Goma Airport (GOM):
- The closest airport to Goma Airport (GOM) is Gisenyi Airport (GYI), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of GOM.
- Goma Airport (GOM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Goma Airport (GOM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,981 miles (19,282 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Because of Goma Airport's high elevation of 5,089 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- At 17:55 local time on 4 March 2013, a Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 from Lodja crashed short of landing in heavy rain, into a residential area.
- Initially built with a paved 3 km runway and a large terminal and apron, the airport has not recovered from the 2002 eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo, 14 km to the north.
Facts about Benito Salas Airport (NVA):
- The closest airport to Benito Salas Airport (NVA) is Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO), which is located 85 miles (138 kilometers) WNW of NVA.
- Benito Salas Airport (NVA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Benito Salas Airport (NVA) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is nearly antipodal to Benito Salas Airport (meaning Benito Salas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)), and is located 12,433 miles (20,009 kilometers) away in Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Benito Salas Airport", another name for NVA is "Aeropuerto Benito Salas".




