Nonstop flight route between Gweru, Zimbabwe and Chittagong, Bangladesh:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE), Gweru, Zimbabwe and Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP), Chittagong, Bangladesh would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,077 miles (or 8,170 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 Gweru-Thornhill Air Base and Shah Amanat 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 Gweru-Thornhill Air Base and Shah Amanat International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE):

• Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gweru-Thornhill Air Base's high elevation of 4,680 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GWE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GWE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (meaning Gweru-Thornhill Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,500 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) is Masvingo Airport (MVZ), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) ESE of GWE.

Facts about Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP):

• The airport can be easily accessed by car or taxi thorough the city's Agrabad area.
• The airfield was built in the early 1940s under the British rule.
• The closest airport to Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP) is Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) S of CGP.
• The furthest airport from Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,456 miles (18,437 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP) currently has only 1 runway.
• From the airport, the 4th CCG C-46's flew supplies and ammunition which were air-dropped to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.
• In addition to being known as "Shah Amanat International Airport", other names for CGP include "শাহ আমানত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর" and "Śhā Amānat Antarjātik Bimānabandar".
• Because of Shah Amanat International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Shah Amanat 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.