Nonstop flight route between Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and St Denis, Réunion, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Goma Airport (GOM), Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Roland Garros Airport (RUN), St Denis, Réunion, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,213 miles (or 3,562 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 relatively short distance between Goma Airport and Roland Garros Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | RUN / FMEE | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | St Denis, Réunion, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°53'24"S by 55°30'59"E | 
| Area Served: | Sainte-Denis, Réunion | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 66 feet (20 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from RUN | 
| More Information: | RUN Maps & Info | 
Facts about Goma Airport (GOM):
- 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.
- The closest airport to Goma Airport (GOM) is Gisenyi Airport (GYI), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of GOM.
- 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.
- 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.
- Goma Airport (GOM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Roland Garros Airport (RUN):
- The closest airport to Roland Garros Airport (RUN) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) S of RUN.
- Roland Garros Airport (RUN) has 2 runways.
- Air Austral has its head office on the airport property.
- In addition to being known as "Roland Garros Airport", other names for RUN include "Aéroport de la Réunion Roland Garros" and "Saint Denis Gillot Airport".
- The furthest airport from Roland Garros Airport (RUN) is Guerrero Negro Airport (GUB), which is located 11,615 miles (18,693 kilometers) away in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- Because of Roland Garros Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Roland Garros 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.
- Roland Garros Airport handled 206,776 passengers last year.




