Nonstop flight route between Mfuwe, Eastern Province, Zambia and Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mfuwe Airport (MFU), Mfuwe, Eastern Province, Zambia and Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,225 miles (or 13,237 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 Mfuwe Airport and Fort Wayne 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 Mfuwe Airport and Fort Wayne 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 Mfuwe Airport (MFU):

• The closest airport to Mfuwe Airport (MFU) is Chipata Airport (CIP), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) ESE of MFU.
• Mfuwe Airport (MFU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mfuwe Airport (MFU) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,794 miles (18,981 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA):

• Because of Fort Wayne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 814 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,226 miles (18,066 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 280,732 enplanements in calendar year 2012, 2.91% more than 2011.
• By 2000 Fort Wayne International Airport was handling record traffic.
• The closest airport to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Smith Field (SMD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of FWA.
• Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) has 3 runways.
• The Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum in the terminal recounts early aviation history in Northeastern Indiana.
• During and after the recession of 2008, Fort Wayne International Airport lost relatively little of its service and passengers when compared with similar Midwestern airports.
• Fort Wayne International Airport and the Fort Wayne – Allen County Airport Authority introduced a new website in February 2013.
• In addition to Delta, United, and later American, locally-based Hub Airlines and other regional airlines flew to the airport in the 1960s and 1970s.