Nonstop flight route between Musoma, Tanzania and Tusayan, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Musoma Airport (MUZ), Musoma, Tanzania and Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), Tusayan, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,210 miles (or 14,823 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 Musoma Airport and Grand Canyon National Park 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 Musoma Airport and Grand Canyon National Park Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Musoma Airport (MUZ):

• The closest airport to Musoma Airport (MUZ) is Mara Serena Airport (MRE), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) E of MUZ.
• Musoma Airport handled 7,867 passengers last year.
• Musoma Airport (MUZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Musoma Airport", another name for MUZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Musoma  (Swahili)".
• The furthest airport from Musoma Airport (MUZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,666 miles (18,774 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN):

• The closest airport to Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) is Valle Airport (VLE), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of GCN.
• Because of Grand Canyon National Park Airport's high elevation of 6,609 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GCN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GCN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,285 miles (18,162 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Air West, the predecessor airline to Hughes Airwest, also operated Douglas DC-9 jets from the airport in addition to flying services with Fairchild F-27 turboprops.
• In addition, the airport was served in the past by America West Airlines operating de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprop aircraft to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
• On August 16, 2009, Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama landed at Grand Canyon Airport at about 10am local time, for a four hour visit of the Canyon by the President and his family.