Nonstop flight route between Mbarara, Uganda and Otopeni (near Bucharest), Romania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mbarara Airport (MBQ), Mbarara, Uganda and Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP), Otopeni (near Bucharest), Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,130 miles (or 5,038 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 Mbarara Airport and Bucharest Henri Coandǎ 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 Mbarara Airport and Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Mbarara Airport (MBQ):

• The furthest airport from Mbarara Airport (MBQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,879 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• Because of Mbarara Airport's high elevation of 4,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Mbarara Airport (MBQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mbarara Airport (MBQ) is Kasese Airport (KSE), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NNW of MBQ.

Facts about Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP):

• Season 14 of The Amazing Race was filmed here during the first portion of the third leg.
• Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport handled 7,643,467 passengers last year.
• The first stage of the plan, taking place between 1994 and 1998, involved the construction a new departures terminal and of a new airside concourse with five jetways and nine gates as well as the extension of airport ramps and of their associated taxiways.
• Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP) has 2 runways.
• The airport has ILS CAT III status on all runways.
• Because of Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport's relatively low elevation of 314 feet, planes can take off or land at Bucharest Henri Coandǎ 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 closest airport to Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP) is Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) S of OTP.
• In addition to being known as "Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport", another name for OTP is "Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă".
• The next phase of the expansion aims to locate the train station in the airport itself.
• The main handling agent in the airport is Globeground, the second being Menzies.
• The furthest airport from Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport (OTP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.