Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Bucaramanga, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Palonegro International Airport (BGA), Bucaramanga, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,305 miles (or 11,756 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 Harare International Airport and Palonegro 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 Harare International Airport and Palonegro 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: | HRE / FVHA |
| Airport Name: | Harare International Airport |
| Location: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°55'54"S by 31°5'34"E |
| Area Served: | Harare |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe |
| Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
| Elevation: | 4887 feet (1,490 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HRE |
| More Information: | HRE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGA / SKBG |
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| Location: | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°7'35"N by 73°11'4"W |
| Area Served: | Bucaramanga |
| Operator/Owner: | Aerocivil |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3897 feet (1,188 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGA |
| More Information: | BGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1949 the government purchased Kentucky and Adair farms east of Salisbury for the construction of the new airport.
- Air Rhodesia established its headquarters at the airport in 1967, and since Independence in 1980, Air Rhodesia's successor, Air Zimbabwe, has maintained the status-quo with its head office, too, located at the airport.
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
- Because of Harare International Airport's high elevation of 4,887 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Commissioned in 1956 and officially opened on 5 February 1957, Salisbury Airport cost £924'000 to build.
- A site therefore had to be found for the construction of an airport that would be safer and more suitable for commercial activities.
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- Later the same year, an Airfield Construction Unit was formed to undertake an extensive search for a suitable site for a national airport.
- The furthest airport from Harare International Airport (HRE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Harare International Airport (meaning Harare International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The airport is today operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and is the hub of Air Zimbabwe.
Facts about Palonegro International Airport (BGA):
- The furthest airport from Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), which is nearly antipodal to Palonegro International Airport (meaning Palonegro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA)), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Bandung, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Palonegro International Airport", another name for BGA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro".
- A 4 km road linking the terminal with the main road from Bucaramanga to Barrancabermeja.
- Palonegro International Airport (BGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Control Tower has a height of 34 metres equivalent to 10 floors, where one can see widely the length of the track in its entirety and platforms for parking of passenger and cargo aircraft.
- Gómez Niño Airport, located within the urban area of Bucaramanga was for 25 years who attended the air traffic in the city with significant limitations, given their geographical location and its adverse conditions for security and air navigation.
- Palonegro The site was the historic setting of political strife and the battle of the same name, which took place on 25 May 1900, during the War of the Thousand Days.
- The closest airport to Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Yariguíes Airport (EJA), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) W of BGA.
