Nonstop flight route between Jwaneng, Botswana and Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jwaneng Airport (JWA), Jwaneng, Botswana and Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,499 miles (or 15,287 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 Jwaneng Airport and Fa'a'ā 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 Jwaneng Airport and Fa'a'ā International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jwaneng Airport (JWA):

• In addition to being known as "Jwaneng Airport", another name for JWA is "Jwaneng".
• Jwaneng Airport (JWA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Jwaneng Airport (JWA) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) ESE of JWA.
• The furthest airport from Jwaneng Airport (JWA) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is nearly antipodal to Jwaneng Airport (meaning Jwaneng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kalaupapa Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,601 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT):

• Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Fa'a'ā International Airport", another name for PPT is "Aéroport International Tahiti Fa'a'ā".
• The closest airport to Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is Moorea Airport (MOZ), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WNW of PPT.
• Because of Fa'a'ā International Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Fa'a'ā 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 furthest airport from Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Fa'a'ā International Airport (meaning Fa'a'ā International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,387 miles (19,935 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• Many buses come into the airport from Pape'ete, the main bus being the Fa'a'ā airport shuttle which goes along Tahiti's west coast freeway, which passes in front of the main terminal.
• Air Tahiti has its head office at the airport.
• The Mahina Lounge is a small airside lounge, after the security area.
• Because of limited level terrain, rather than leveling large stretches of sloping agricultural land, the airport is built primarily on reclaimed land on the coral reef just off-shore.