Nonstop flight route between Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China and Gweru, Zimbabwe:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD), Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE), Gweru, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,225 miles (or 11,627 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 Hulunbuir Hailar Airport and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base, 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 Hulunbuir Hailar Airport and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HLD / ZBLA |
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Location: | Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'17"N by 119°49'30"E |
Area Served: | Hailar District, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2169 feet (661 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HLD |
More Information: | HLD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWE / FVTL |
Airport Name: | Gweru-Thornhill Air Base |
Location: | Gweru, Zimbabwe |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°26'11"S by 29°51'42"E |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 4680 feet (1,426 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWE |
More Information: | GWE Maps & Info |
Facts about Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD):
- The closest airport to Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) is Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) S of HLD.
- In addition to being known as "Hulunbuir Hailar Airport", other names for HLD include "呼伦贝尔海拉尔机场ᠬᠥᠯᠦᠨ ᠪᠤᠢ᠌ᠷ ᠬᠠᠢ᠌ᠯᠠᠷ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ" and "Hūlúnbèi'ěr Hǎilā'ěr Jīchǎng Хөлөнбуйр Хайлар Онгоцын Буудал".
- Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is nearly antipodal to Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (meaning Hulunbuir Hailar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Mount Pleasant), and is located 12,241 miles (19,699 kilometers) away in Falkland Islands.
Facts about Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE):
- Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) is Masvingo Airport (MVZ), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) ESE of GWE.
- 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.
- 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.