Nonstop flight route between Kolwezi, Lualaba District, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bangalore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kolwezi Airport (KWZ), Kolwezi, Lualaba District, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kempegowda International Airport (BLR), Bangalore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,943 miles (or 6,346 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 Kolwezi Airport and Kempegowda 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 Kolwezi Airport and Kempegowda 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 Kolwezi Airport (KWZ):

• The furthest airport from Kolwezi Airport (KWZ) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,817 miles (19,018 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Kolwezi Airport (KWZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kolwezi Airport (KWZ) is Solwezi Airport (SLI), which is located 113 miles (183 kilometers) SSE of KWZ.
• Because of Kolwezi Airport's high elevation of 5,007 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KWZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KWZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Kempegowda International Airport (BLR):

• Kempegowda International Airport handled about 12.6 million passengers and had air traffic movements of about 330 per day in 2011.
• In January 2012, BIAL announced that the airport would remain fully closed to all flight operations from 11 March until 3 April 2012 between 10:30 and 17:30 IST during which the top layer of its only runway was completely replaced.
• The airport project started as a public-private joint venture between Germany's Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, Government of Karnataka and Airports Authority of India.
• The cargo village was inaugurated on 9 December 2009.
• Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) is Mysore Airport (MYQ), which is located 97 miles (157 kilometers) SW of BLR.
• A plan is being processed for a direct rail service from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport.
• The furthest airport from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,368 miles (18,294 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The total floor area is approximately 170,000 m2.