Nonstop flight route between Mbeya, Tanzania and Gainesville, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mbeya Airport (MBI), Mbeya, Tanzania and Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), Gainesville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,064 miles (or 12,977 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 Mbeya Airport and Gainesville Regional 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 Mbeya Airport and Gainesville Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBI / HTMB | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Mbeya, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°55'6"S by 33°27'43"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5600 feet (1,707 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MBI | 
| More Information: | MBI Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GNV / KGNV | 
| Airport Name: | Gainesville Regional Airport | 
| Location: | Gainesville, Florida, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°41'24"N by 82°16'18"W | 
| Area Served: | Gainesville, Florida | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Gainesville | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 151 feet (46 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GNV | 
| More Information: | GNV Maps & Info | 
Facts about Mbeya Airport (MBI):
- In addition to being known as "Mbeya Airport", another name for MBI is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mbeya (Swahili)".
- Because of Mbeya Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Mbeya Airport (MBI) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,553 miles (18,592 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Mbeya Airport (MBI) is Karonga Airport (KGJ), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) SSE of MBI.
- Mbeya Airport (MBI) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV):
- Because of Gainesville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Gainesville Regional 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 Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is Ocala International Airport (OCF), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of GNV.
- Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) has 2 runways.
- In 1986 the State Legislature passed a bill that established the Airport as the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority.
- The furthest airport from Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,434 miles (18,401 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.




