Nonstop flight route between Beijing, China and Butare, Rwanda:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), Beijing, China and Butare Airport (BTQ), Butare, Rwanda would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,155 miles (or 9,906 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and Butare 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and Butare Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAY / ZBNY |
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Location: | Beijing, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°46'56"N by 116°23'16"E |
Area Served: | Beijing |
Airport Type: | Military / Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAY |
More Information: | NAY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTQ / HRYI |
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Location: | Butare, Rwanda |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°35'42"S by 29°44'23"E |
Area Served: | Butare, Rwanda |
Operator/Owner: | Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5801 feet (1,768 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BTQ |
More Information: | BTQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY):
- Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Nanyuan Airport opened a new terminal in September 2013 with a designed passenger handling capacity of 6 million people.
- In 2008, Nanyuan Airport witnessed a high growth rate.
- The closest airport to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of NAY.
- Beijing Nanyuan Airport is a military air base that also serves as the secondary airport of Beijing.
- In addition to being known as "Beijing Nanyuan Airport", other names for NAY include "北京南苑机场" and "Běijīng Nányuàn Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (meaning Beijing Nanyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,884 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
Facts about Butare Airport (BTQ):
- Butare Airport (BTQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Butare Airport (BTQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,946 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Because of Butare Airport's high elevation of 5,801 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Butare Airport", another name for BTQ is "Butare".
- The closest airport to Butare Airport (BTQ) is Kirundo Airport (KRE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BTQ.
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