Nonstop flight route between Mwanza, Tanzania and Greenville, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mwanza Airport (MWZ), Mwanza, Tanzania and Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Greenville, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,738 miles (or 12,453 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 Mwanza Airport and Greenville Downtown 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 Mwanza Airport and Greenville Downtown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MWZ / HTMW |
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| Location: | Mwanza, Tanzania |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°26'39"S by 32°55'56"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3763 feet (1,147 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MWZ |
| More Information: | MWZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GMU / KGMU |
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| Location: | Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°50'53"N by 82°20'59"W |
| Area Served: | Greenville, South Carolina |
| Operator/Owner: | Greenville Airport Commission |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1048 feet (319 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GMU |
| More Information: | GMU Maps & Info |
Facts about Mwanza Airport (MWZ):
- Mwanza Airport handled 224,207 passengers last year.
- Mwanza Airport (MWZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Mwanza Airport (MWZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,726 miles (18,871 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- In addition to being known as "Mwanza Airport", another name for MWZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwanza (Swahili)".
- The closest airport to Mwanza Airport (MWZ) is Musoma Airport (MUZ), which is located 89 miles (142 kilometers) NE of MWZ.
Facts about Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU):
- Located at GMU are many companies that provide aviation services like aircraft rental and flight instruction, aircraft maintenance, helicopter services and flight instruction, aircraft management, fuel service, aircraft sales, air charter and air taxi services.
- The closest airport to Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is Donaldson Center Airport (GDC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of GMU.
- The FAA Southern Region selected Joe Frasher, Airport Director of GMU, as the 2008 General Aviation Airport Manager of the Year.
- Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Greenville Downtown Airport", another name for GMU is "(Greenville Municipal Airport)".
- The airport was replaced by the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport which opened October 15, 1962.
- The furthest airport from Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,441 miles (18,413 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
- During World War II the United States Army Air Forces used the airfield for training.
