Nonstop flight route between Harare, Zimbabwe and Lobatse, Botswana:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe and Lobatse Airport (LOQ), Lobatse, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 609 miles (or 981 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 relatively short distance between Harare International Airport and Lobatse Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | LOQ / FBLO |
Airport Name: | Lobatse Airport |
Location: | Lobatse, Botswana |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°11'51"S by 25°42'50"E |
Area Served: | Lobatse, Botswana |
View all routes: | Routes from LOQ |
More Information: | LOQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
- In 1951 the government announced that the airport would be developed as a joint user aerodrome for both civil aviation and the Southern Rhodesian Air Force.
- 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.
- Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of a decline in tourism numbers, due to internal political conflicts since 2000, few major airlines now use the airport.
- Civil aviation regulatory authority, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has its head office on level 3 of the new International Terminal.
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- 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.
- Later the same year, an Airfield Construction Unit was formed to undertake an extensive search for a suitable site for a national airport.
- The airport is today operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and is the hub of Air Zimbabwe.
Facts about Lobatse Airport (LOQ):
- The furthest airport from Lobatse Airport (LOQ) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is nearly antipodal to Lobatse Airport (meaning Lobatse Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hana Airport), and is located 12,113 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Lobatse Airport (LOQ) is Mafikeng Airport (MBD), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) SSW of LOQ.