Nonstop flight route between Haifa, Israel and Bissau, Guinea-Bissau:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Haifa Airport (HFA), Haifa, Israel and Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB), Bissau, Guinea-Bissau would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,507 miles (or 5,644 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 Haifa Airport and Osvaldo Vieira 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 Haifa Airport and Osvaldo Vieira International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HFA / LLHA |
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Location: | Haifa, Israel |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°48'33"N by 35°2'35"E |
Area Served: | Haifa, Israel |
Operator/Owner: | Israel Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HFA |
More Information: | HFA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OXB / GGOV |
Airport Name: | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport |
Location: | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°53'41"N by 15°39'12"W |
Area Served: | Bissau |
Operator/Owner: | N/A |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OXB |
More Information: | OXB Maps & Info |
Facts about Haifa Airport (HFA):
- Haifa International Airport is an Israeli airport located in Haifa.
- Haifa Airport (HFA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Israel Airports Authority intends to extend the runway to 1,634m by the middle of the 2010s decade.
- The furthest airport from Haifa Airport (HFA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,620 miles (18,700 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Haifa Airport", another name for HFA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה".
- The airport reopened for passenger traffic in 1948 with flights operated by Cyprus Airways.
- In 2001, talk over expanding the airport restarted when then Finance Minister, Silvan Shalom called for an 800 million NIS upgrade to turn the airport into one of an international standard.
- RAF Haifa was a Royal Air Force station in Palestine between 1942 and 1948.
- The closest airport to Haifa Airport (HFA) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of HFA.
- Because of Haifa Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Haifa 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.
Facts about Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB):
- Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Osvaldo Vieira International Airport's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Osvaldo Vieira 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.
- The closest airport to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) is Bubaque Airport (BQE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSW of OXB.
- The airport had to be closed on June 7, 1998 due to intense fighting in and around Bissau.
- The furthest airport from Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (meaning Osvaldo Vieira International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
- Currently, Senegal Airlines has a daily flight to Dakar, which continues to Praia twice a week.