Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Bujumbura, Burundi:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), Bujumbura, Burundi would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,058 miles (or 11,358 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 LaGuardia Airport and Bujumbura 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 LaGuardia Airport and Bujumbura International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• Newspaper accounts alternately referred to the airfield as New York Municipal Airport and LaGuardia Field until the modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to Port of New York Authority control under a lease with New York City on June 1, 1947.
• During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
• On December 16, 2011, Delta Air Lines announced plans to open a new domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport.
• In late 2006, construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one.
• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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 closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Proposals were due January 31, 2012.
• The airport is a hub for Delta Air Lines and a focus city for American Airlines and regional affiliate American Eagle.

Facts about Bujumbura International Airport (BJM):

• Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Gitega Airport (GID), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of BJM.
• In addition to being known as "Bujumbura International Airport", another name for BJM is "Aéroport international de Bujumbura".
• The furthest airport from Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,967 miles (19,260 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Bujumbura International Airport handled 177,642 passengers last year.