Nonstop flight route between Gisenyi, Rwanda and Pescara, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gisenyi Airport (GYI), Gisenyi, Rwanda and Abruzzo Airport (PSR), Pescara, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,190 miles (or 5,134 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 Gisenyi Airport and Abruzzo 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 Gisenyi Airport and Abruzzo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gisenyi Airport (GYI):

• RwandAir, the national carrier, operated a three weekly service between Gisenyi Airport and Kigali International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Gisenyi Airport (GYI) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,980 miles (19,280 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Gisenyi Airport is a medium-sized airport that serves the town of Gisenyi and the neighboring city of Goma, across the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Gisenyi Airport (GYI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Gisenyi Airport's high elevation of 5,082 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GYI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GYI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Gisenyi Airport (GYI) is Goma Airport (GOM), which is located only 2 miles (2 kilometers) WNW of GYI.

Facts about Abruzzo Airport (PSR):

• The closest airport to Abruzzo Airport (PSR) is Latina Airport (QLT), which is located 90 miles (145 kilometers) SW of PSR.
• Because of Abruzzo Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Abruzzo 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.
• Abruzzo Airport handled 563,187 passengers last year.
• The development of the airport, from which 114,000 passengers in 2000 rose to over 400,000 in 2008, is due to the low cost phenomenon that affected all of Europe and most of the small Italian airports, involving a positive structure Pescara.
• The furthest airport from Abruzzo Airport (PSR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,892 miles (19,138 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Abruzzo Airport (PSR) currently has only 1 runway.
• From 1 February 1979, Itavia is forced to suspend its flights to Pescara due to the revision of the "minimum" on some Italian airports dell'ANPAC implemented by the National Association of Civil Aviation Pilots.