Nonstop flight route between Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and Harare, Zimbabwe:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB), Ningbo, Zhejiang, China and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,848 miles (or 11,021 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 Ningbo Lishe International Airport and Harare 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 Ningbo Lishe International Airport and Harare 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 Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB):

• The airport's operator signed a strategic partnership agreement on 10 June 2005 with Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport under which it will sell a 25% stake to the German airport operator.
• The airport is one of the fastest growing airport in China.
• Ningbo Lishe International Airport handled 5,014,002 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ningbo Lishe International Airport", other names for NGB include "宁波栎社国际机场" and "Níngbō Lìshè Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In March 1997, Great Wall Airlines established a hub at the airport.
• The closest airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) E of NGB.
• The furthest airport from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU), which is nearly antipodal to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (meaning Ningbo Lishe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Curuzú Cuatiá Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina.
• Because of Ningbo Lishe International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Ningbo Lishe 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.
• Ningbo's first airport was opened for civil service on 16 November 1984 when a CAAC Antonov AN-24 aircraft landed at the military Ningbo Zhuangqiao Airport.

Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):

• The runway is used by both the civilian airport and the Air Force of Zimbabwe whose base is on the southern side of the runway.
• The Southern Rhodesia government had appointed a Southern Rhodesia Aerodrome Board as early as January 1947, whose task was to advise the government on the selection, acquisition, construction and maintenance of government aerodromes and landing grounds in Southern Rhodesia.
• The new Salisbury Airport was finally commissioned on 1 July 1956.
• Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
• Commissioned in 1956 and officially opened on 5 February 1957, Salisbury Airport cost £924'000 to build.
• The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
• The furthest airport from Harare International Airport (HRE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Harare International Airport (meaning Harare International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,017 miles (19,339 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Harare International Airport (HRE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Harare International Airport's high elevation of 4,887 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.