Nonstop flight route between San Antonio Oeste, Argentina and Harare, Zimbabwe:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), San Antonio Oeste, Argentina and Harare International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,726 miles (or 9,215 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport and Harare International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OES / SAVN |
| Airport Name: | Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport |
| Location: | San Antonio Oeste, Argentina |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°45'5"S by 65°2'3"W |
| Area Served: | San Antonio Oeste |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OES |
| More Information: | OES Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRE / FVHA |
| Airport Name: | Harare International Airport |
| Location: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°55'54"S by 31°5'34"E |
| Area Served: | Harare |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe |
| Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
| Elevation: | 4887 feet (1,490 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HRE |
| More Information: | HRE Maps & Info |
Facts about Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES):
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) currently has only 1 runway.
- Due to a lack of facility, runway and airport maintenance for over 20 years, commercial air services were discontinued to the airport in 2009.
- The closest airport to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) E of OES.
- The furthest airport from Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ), which is nearly antipodal to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport), and is located 12,435 miles (20,012 kilometers) away in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China.
- San Antonio Oeste's airport was renamed after the French writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who frequently surveyed routes in the country as the director of Aeroposta Argentina, the company that created a stopover airport at that location en route to Comodoro Rivadavia.
- Because of Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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.
Facts about Harare International Airport (HRE):
- The closest airport to Harare International Airport (HRE) is Mutare Airport (UTA), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SE of HRE.
- 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.
- Originally, it was anticipated that the airport would be completed by 1954.
- Because of a decline in tourism numbers, due to internal political conflicts since 2000, few major airlines now use the airport.
- Harare International Airport handled 612,208 passengers last year.
- 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.
- In 1951 the government announced that the airport would be developed as a joint user aerodrome for both civil aviation and the Southern Rhodesian Air Force.
- 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.
